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Definition of Fulica americana
1. Noun. A coot found in North America.
Group relationships: Fulica, Genus Fulica
Generic synonyms: Coot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fulica Americana
Literary usage of Fulica americana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tænioid Cestodes of North American Birds by Brayton Howard Ransom (1909)
"The differences mentioned seem to be insufficient to warrant a separation of the
two forms, and the identification of the tapeworms from fulica americana as ..."
2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"... Corvus corax; Pica huds.; Picus *" fulica americana is different from aim.
This is shown more clearly in Wilson's description than in that of Audubon. ..."
3. 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, ..."
4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"... Corvus corax; Pica huds.; Picus "• fulica americana is different from atra.
This is shown more clearly in Wilson's description than in that of Audubon. ..."