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Definition of Family musophagidae
1. Noun. Touracos.
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Cuculiformes, Order Cuculiformes
Member holonyms: Genus Musophaga, Musophaga, Touraco, Turaco, Turacou, Turakoo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Musophagidae
Literary usage of Family musophagidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1873)
"... Professor Church, discovered by him in the feathers of birds of the family
Musophagidae, which has other properties quite unusual in pigmentary bodies. ..."
2. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1869)
"... to the rank of a family (Musophagidae), quite equivalent in value to the
Cuculidae, and occupying a corresponding place ..."
3. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical by Royal Microscopical Society (Great Britain) (1873)
"... Professor Church, discovered by him in the feathers of birds of the family
Musophagidae, which has other properties quite unusual in pigmentary bodies. ..."
4. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1880)
"In various species of birds belonging to the family Musophagidae and which, from
the nature of their food, are designated Plaintain- eaters, the primary and ..."
5. Zeitschrift für Biologie edited by [Anonymus AC02848276] (1897)
"... Cus>T9 OM) the red colouring matter obtained from certain of the wing feathers
of birds belonging to the family Musophagidae, absorbs the extreme-violet ..."
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