Definition of Family stercorariidae

1. Noun. Jaegers and skuas:.

Exact synonyms: Stercorariidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Lari, Suborder Lari
Member holonyms: Jaeger, Genus Stercorarius, Stercorarius, Catharacta, Genus Catharacta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Stercorariidae

family Sphecidae
family Spheniscidae
family Sphingidae
family Sphyraenidae
family Sphyrnidae
family Spirillaceae
family Spirochaetaceae
family Spirulidae
family Squalidae
family Squatinidae
family Squillidae
family Staphylaceae
family Staphylinidae
family Steatornithidae
family Stenopelmatidae
family Stercorariidae
family Sterculiaceae
family Stichaeidae
family Stizidae
family Strelitziaceae
family Streptomycetaceae
family Strigidae
family Stromateidae
family Strombidae
family Strophariaceae
family Struthionidae
family Sturnidae
family Styracaceae
family Suidae
family Sulidae

Literary usage of Family stercorariidae

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

1. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Family STERCORARIIDAE Skuas and Jaegers are birds having a Gull or Tern-like form and with a hooked bill, the base of which is covered with a scaly shield. ..."

2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"family stercorariidae. Skuas and Jaegers. 2. Upper mandible not swollen, its covering of a single ..."

3. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"Family STERCORARIIDAE. Skuas and Jaegers. 37. STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS (Linn.). Parasitic Jaeger. ..."

4. Birds of the Kansas City Region by Harry Harris (1919)
"Family STERCORARIIDAE. Skuas and Jaegers. STERCORARIUS POMARINUS (Temminck). Pomarine Jaeger. Accidental visitant. A fine specimen of this unlooked-for ..."

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