Definition of Pipridae

1. Noun. Manakins.

Exact synonyms: Family Pipridae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Suborder Tyranni, Tyranni
Member holonyms: Genus Pipra, Pipra

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipridae

Piper cubeba
Piper longum
Piper nigrum
Piperaceae
Piperales
Pipil
Pipile
Pipilo
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Pipistrellus
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrellus subflavus
Pipola
Pippa
Pipracil
Pipridae (current term)
Piptadenia
Piptadenia macrocarpa
Pipturus
Pipturus albidus
Pipturus argenteus
Piqueria
Piraeus
Pirahã
Pirandellian
Pirandello
Piranga
Piranga flava hepatica
Piranga ludoviciana
Piranga olivacea

Literary usage of Pipridae

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 (1876)
"These facts induce us to conclude that the Pipridae and Tyrannidae have descended from a common ancestral form, the nearest relatives of which are the ..."

2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1907)
"... of the Pipridae. At the same time, the exclusion from Cotingidae and addition to Pipridae of the genus Aulia (or ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"Pipridae.—The Manakins, often considered a subsection of the Cotingidae, are for the most part small thick-set birds, ..."

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