Definition of Coraciidae

1. Noun. Rollers.

Exact synonyms: Family Coraciidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Coraciiformes, Order Coraciiformes
Member holonyms: Roller, Coracias, Genus Coracias

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coraciidae

Coprinaceae
Coprinus atramentarius
Coprinus comatus
Copt
Coptic
Coptic Church
Coptis
Coptis groenlandica
Coptis trifolia groenlandica
Copts
Cor.
Cor Caroli
Cora
Coracias
Coracias garrulus
Coraciidae
Coraciiformes
Coragyps
Coragyps atratus
Coral
Coral Sea
Coral Springs
Coralie
Corallorhiza
Corallorhiza maculata
Corallorhiza striata
Corallorhiza trifida
Coran
Corbett
Corbin

Literary usage of Coraciidae

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)
"... consists of the Families coraciidae or Hollers, ... I. coraciidae.—Two Sub-families may be recognised of these Old World birds, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Madagascar has four or five very remarkable forms which have often been considered to belong to the family coraciidae; and, according to A. Milne-Edwards, ..."

3. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"Three families, the Bucerotidae, Meropidae and coraciidae are equally characteristic of the Oriental and ..."

4. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1892)
"... Copris, &c., are the principal food of all coraciidae. I have dissected the stomachs of several species of Coradas and of Eurystomus afer in Africa, ..."

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