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Definition of Fulica
1. Noun. Coots.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Rallidae, Rallidae
Member holonyms: Coot, American Coot, Fulica Americana, Marsh Hen, Mud Hen, Water Hen, Fulica Atra, Old World Coot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fulica
Literary usage of Fulica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1915)
"compared with the corresponding ones in the same bone in fulica, only this specimen
indicates a species about one-third smaller than fulica americana, ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... (fulica atra}. C. shooting profitable to the fowlers who purvey for the
market—The American C. (F. Americana}, a very similar species, is found in all ..."
3. Supplement to the Ornithological Dictionary, Or Synopsis of British Birds.by George Montagu by George Montagu (1813)
"fulica atra. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 323. The Coot is said to breed in great
abundance in the isle of Sheppey, where (he inhabitants will not suffer the eggs ..."
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