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Definition of Numidinae
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 Numidinae
Literary usage of Numidinae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"In the Numidinae white or bluish spots mark the blackish ground-colour; in the
American Grouse black, brown, yellowish-buff and white occur in varying ..."
2. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"There remains the extensive family of the Phasianidae, which offers some interesting
facts. We have first the well-marked sub-families of the Numidinae and ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The guinea- fowls (Numidinae) form a subfamily confined to Ethiopia and Madagascar,
where true pheasants are unknown. Other peculiar types are ..."
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