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Definition of Cracidae
1. Noun. Curassows; guans; chachalacas.
Exact synonyms: Family Cracidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Galliformes, Order Galliformes
Member holonyms: Guan, Crax, Genus Crax, Genus Penelope, Penelope, Genus Pipile, Pipile, Genus Ortalis, Ortalis
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Galliformes, Order Galliformes
Member holonyms: Guan, Crax, Genus Crax, Genus Penelope, Penelope, Genus Pipile, Pipile, Genus Ortalis, Ortalis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cracidae
Literary usage of Cracidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"Among the Galli, the Megapodiidae and Cracidae together compose Professor Huxley's
group of Peris- ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... almost wholly Australian, and the Cracidae, entirely Neotropical. (Cf. PZS, 1868.
pp. 294-319-) . and more than 400 species. ..."
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