Definition of Coerebidae

1. Noun. The honeycreepers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Coerebidae

Codiaeum variegatum
Codies
Codman's sign
Codman's triangle
Codman's tumour
Cody
Coe virus
Coelenterata
Coeloglossum
Coeloglossum bracteatum
Coeloglossum viride
Coenurus cerebralis
Coenurus serialis
Coereba
Coerebidae (current term)
Coeur d'Alene
Coeus
Coffea
Coffea arabica
Coffea canephora
Coffea liberica
Coffea robusta
Coffey still
Coffey suspension
Coffin-Lowry syndrome
Coffin-Siris syndrome
Cogan's syndrome
Cogan-Reese syndrome
Cognac

Literary usage of Coerebidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1895)
"JAA Lucas on the Affinities of the Coerebidae.*—Mr. Lucas's paper is a collection of fragmentary though valuable notes, illustrated with figures of the ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"Coerebidae.—The Quit-quits have the extensible tongue bifid, and frayed out terminally. The bill may be conical, but is usually slender, with a notch and ..."

3. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... so that we might look upon the three peculiar genera of finches, and Certhidea, the peculiar form of Coerebidae, as among the most ancient inhabitants ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Coerebidae on Dictionary.com!Search for Coerebidae on Thesaurus.com!Search for Coerebidae on Google!Search for Coerebidae on Wikipedia!

Search