Definition of Family Capitonidae

1. Noun. Barbets.

Exact synonyms: Capitonidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Order Piciformes, Piciformes
Member holonyms: Barbet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Capitonidae

family Caenolestidae
family Caesalpiniaceae
family Callionymidae
family Calliphoridae
family Callithricidae
family Callitrichaceae
family Calostomataceae
family Calycanthaceae
family Camelidae
family Campanulaceae
family Cancridae
family Canellaceae
family Canidae
family Cannabidaceae
family Cannaceae
family Capitonidae (current term)
family Capparidaceae
family Caprifoliaceae
family Caprimulgidae
family Caproidae
family Capromyidae
family Capsidae
family Carabidae
family Carangidae
family Carapidae
family Carcharhinidae
family Carchariidae
family Cardiidae
family Cariamidae
family Caricaceae

Literary usage of Family Capitonidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1870)
"... of the family Capitonidae, and in Ramphastos, the proximal extremities of the clavicles are expanded and J-shaped. This character is common to the ..."

2. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"Then we have the Barbets and the Honey Guides, together forming the family Capitonidae, and numbering more than one hundred species, distributed over the ..."

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