Definition of Family Steatornithidae

1. Noun. Oilbirds.

Exact synonyms: Steatornithidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Caprimulgiformes, Order Caprimulgiformes
Member holonyms: Genus Steatornis, Steatornis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Steatornithidae

family Sphaerobolaceae
family Sphaerocarpaceae
family Sphecidae
family Spheniscidae
family Sphingidae
family Sphyraenidae
family Sphyrnidae
family Spirillaceae
family Spirochaetaceae
family Spirulidae
family Squalidae
family Squatinidae
family Squillidae
family Staphylaceae
family Staphylinidae
family Steatornithidae (current term)
family Stenopelmatidae
family Stercorariidae
family Sterculiaceae
family Stichaeidae
family Stizidae
family Strelitziaceae
family Streptomycetaceae
family Strigidae
family Stromateidae
family Strombidae
family Strophariaceae
family Struthionidae
family Sturnidae
family Styracaceae

Literary usage of Family Steatornithidae

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

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... and has at last been regarded as the type of a distinct family, Steatornithidae—a view which, though not put forth till 1870 (Zool. Record, vi. ..."

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