Definition of Clamatorial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Clamatores.

Partainyms: Clamatores
Derivative terms: Clamatores

Definition of Clamatorial

1. a. Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.

Definition of Clamatorial

1. Adjective. (zoology) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clamatorial

clam chowders
clam dip
clam shack
clam shacks
clam shrimp
clam shrimps
clam up
clam worm
clam worms
clamancy
clamant
clamantly
clamation
clamations
clamato
clamatorial (current term)
clambake
clambakes
clambe
clamber
clambered
clamberer
clamberers
clambering
clambers
clamburger
clamdigger
clamdiggers
clame
clames

Literary usage of Clamatorial

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

1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"By referring to the scheme of the families as given at the commencement of this paper, it will be seen that the clamatorial family, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1887)
"... at least, the passerine affinities of this bird over its clamatorial ones, which latter have been more than once suspected, at different times, ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"... removed very much nearer the clamatorial end of the sequence, and away from the Vireos, with which family they ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1890)
"... "here and there in its economy traces of a clamatorial type, such as is shown by its free lachrymal bone and a few other minor points. ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"[NL. (Swainson, 1827), dim. of L. milvus, a kite : see Af/i™*.] A genus of clamatorial birds of the family Tyran- >ii</ir, having an extremely long ..."

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