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Definition of Family Ploceidae
1. Noun. Weaverbirds.
Exact synonyms: Ploceidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Weaver, Weaver Finch, Weaverbird, Genus Ploceus, Ploceus, Genus Vidua, Vidua, Genus Padda, Padda, Estrilda, Genus Estrilda, Genus Poephila, Poephila
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Weaver, Weaver Finch, Weaverbird, Genus Ploceus, Ploceus, Genus Vidua, Vidua, Genus Padda, Padda, Estrilda, Genus Estrilda, Genus Poephila, Poephila
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Ploceidae
Literary usage of Family Ploceidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The species of the Old World which, though commonly called " grosbeaks," certainly
belong to the family Ploceidae, are treated under WEAVER-BIRD. ..."
2. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1900)
"family Ploceidae—Weaver Birds. Family Cotingidae—Chatterers. | | Washington: |
Government Printing Office. | 1907 [copy received August 24]. ..."
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