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Definition of Family stercorariidae
1. Noun. Jaegers and skuas:.
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Lari, Suborder Lari
Member holonyms: Jaeger, Genus Stercorarius, Stercorarius, Catharacta, Genus Catharacta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Stercorariidae
Literary usage of Family stercorariidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Family STERCORARIIDAE Skuas and Jaegers are birds having a Gull or Tern-like form
and with a hooked bill, the base of which is covered with a scaly shield. ..."
2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"family stercorariidae. Skuas and Jaegers. 2. Upper mandible not swollen, its
covering of a single ..."
3. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"Family STERCORARIIDAE. Skuas and Jaegers. 37. STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS (Linn.).
Parasitic Jaeger. ..."
4. Birds of the Kansas City Region by Harry Harris (1919)
"Family STERCORARIIDAE. Skuas and Jaegers. STERCORARIUS POMARINUS (Temminck).
Pomarine Jaeger. Accidental visitant. A fine specimen of this unlooked-for ..."
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