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Definition of Family Muscicapidae
1. Noun. Old World (true) flycatchers.
Exact synonyms: Muscicapidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Flycatcher, Old World Flycatcher, True Flycatcher, Genus Muscicapa, Muscicapa, Genus Pachycephala, Pachycephala, Subfamily Turdinae, Turdinae, Subfamily Sylviinae, Sylviinae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Flycatcher, Old World Flycatcher, True Flycatcher, Genus Muscicapa, Muscicapa, Genus Pachycephala, Pachycephala, Subfamily Turdinae, Turdinae, Subfamily Sylviinae, Sylviinae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Muscicapidae
Literary usage of Family Muscicapidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Valley of Kashmír by Walter Roper Lawrence (1895)
"Has a pleasant, low-toned, twittering note. Migrates to the plains and lower
hills in winter. Family MusciCAPIDAE. Flycatchers. 200. ..."
2. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1917)
"... and primary coverts are broadly margined with •white; while on the throat are
seen some faint remnants of dark and light barring. Family MUSCICAPIDAE. ..."
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