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Definition of Numididae
1. Noun. Guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar.
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Genus Numida, Numida
Lexicographical Neighbors of Numididae
Literary usage of Numididae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"These are the pheasants (Phasianidae), the grouse (Tetraonidae), the American
Partridges (Odontophoridae), the Guinea fowl (Numididae), and the Turkeys ..."
2. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1869)
"... and the Guinea-fowls (Numididae)—and serve to differentiate the ./Ethiopian
from the Indian Region. ..."
3. Bulletin by New York State Museum of Natural History, New York State Museum (1909)
"... which are the Tetraonidae (i), (12 genera, 46 species); the Phasianidae (2), (51
genera, some extinct, about 244 species); the Numididae (3), (5 genera, ..."
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