Definition of Musophaga

1. Noun. Type genus of the Musophagidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Musophaga
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Musophagidae, Musophagidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Musophaga

Muskogees
Muskoka
Muskoka chair
Muslim
Muslim Ummah
Muslim calendar
Muslimah
Muslimise
Muslimism
Muslimize
Muslimized
Muslimizes
Muslimizing
Muslimphobia
Muslims
Musophaga (current term)
Musophagidae
Musorgsky
Muspell
Mussalman
Mussalmans
Musset
Musset's sign
Mussolini
Mussorgsky
Mussulman
Mussulmanic
Mussulmanish
Mussulmanism
Mussulmans

Literary usage of Musophaga

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

1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1891)
"Shelley Coll. Shelley Coll. Shelley Coll. (Types of species.) HCV Hunter, Esq. [P.]. Type. Musophaga, Isert, Jour». Phys. Paris, xxxiv. p. 458 (1789). ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"ON A NEW SPECIES OF Musophaga. BY JOHN GOULD, FRS, ... For this new species Mr. Gould proposed the name of Musophaga ..."

3. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1868)
"Musophaga violacea, Gold Coast. The plumage of these birds does not present any great general brilliancy. The dusky tints of most of the large feathers of ..."

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