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happy family

British  

noun

  1. another name for grey-crowned babbler

  2. another name for apostle bird

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Behind all the happy family pictures are children - and adults - who've had big meltdowns," she says.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

There is an oppressive notion that anyone not in a happy family has failed at life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

I was flummoxed, in part because they read like a Mad Lib of happy family keywords, but also because the existence of “my baby” would have been news to me.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2025

Novak: We became a big happy family and that was very wonderful to experience.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

The Hunters drank and ate and laughed like one big happy family.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

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