Definition of Family Ramphastidae

1. Noun. Toucans.

Exact synonyms: Ramphastidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Order Piciformes, Piciformes
Member holonyms: Toucan, Aulacorhyncus, Genus Aulacorhyncus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Ramphastidae

family Ptilonorhynchidae
family Pucciniaceae
family Pulicidae
family Punicaceae
family Pygopodidae
family Pyralidae
family Pyralididae
family Pyrolaceae
family Pyrrhocoridae
family Pythiaceae
family Pythonidae
family Rachycentridae
family Rafflesiaceae
family Rajidae
family Rallidae
family Ramphastidae (current term)
family Ranidae
family Ranunculaceae
family Rapateaceae
family Raphidae
family Raphidiidae
family Recurvirostridae
family Reduviidae
family Regalecidae
family Resedaceae
family Rhamnaceae
family Rheidae
family Rhincodontidae
family Rhinobatidae
family Rhinocerotidae

Literary usage of Family Ramphastidae

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

1. The Natural History of Secession; Or, Despotism and Democracy at Necessary by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"This order comprises five families, — Psittacidae or Parrot Family, Ramphastidae or Toucan Family, Trogonidae or Trogon Family, Cuculidae or Cuckoo Family, ..."

2. Bibliotheca Zoologica[i]: Verzeichniss der Schriften über Zoologie, welche by Julius Victor Carus, Wilhelm Engelmann (1861)
"... John, Characters of the genera and species of the family Ramphastidae Vig. in : Country, in: Zoolog. Journ. Vol.1. 1825. p. 484—488. — Fror. Not. ..."

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