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Definition of Toxostoma
1. Noun. Thrashers.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Mimidae, Mimidae
Member holonyms: Mocking Thrush, Thrasher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toxostoma
Literary usage of Toxostoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"The species was originally described under the name toxostoma dorsalis by Dr. T.
... Among them the name of toxostoma dorsalis, was altered to toxostoma ..."
2. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"toxostoma redivivum (p. 203) cc. Smaller and paler, the upper parts pale brownish
gray or grayish brown, the abdomen white or huffy white; ..."
3. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York by N.Y. Lyceum of Natural History (New York, New York Academy of Sciences (1852)
"toxostoma LE CONTEI. LE CONTE'S MOCKING BIRD. Specific character. Light cinereous;
tail brown; bill slender and much curved. Description. ..."
4. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"toxostoma rufum. Brown Thrasher. Breeds mainly in Tran. and Aust. zones from s.
... toxostoma bendirei. Bendire Thrasher. Breeds in Low. Son. deserts of se. ..."
5. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"toxostoma rufum. Range.—Eastern North America, breeding from the Gulf States north to
... Size 1 05 x .80. 706. Sennett Thrasher. toxostoma longirostre ..."
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