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Definition of Muscivora
1. Noun. A genus of Tyrannidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Superfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae
Member holonyms: Muscivora-forficata, Scissortail, Scissortailed Flycatcher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muscivora
Literary usage of Muscivora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... chiefly of an olive or black-and-grey coloration, which is occasionally relieved
by bright scarlet as in Pyrocephalus, orange-red as in muscivora, ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"At this point " muscivora Lac£pede" has no standing. As pointed out to me by Mr.
Stone, it can be taken from G. Fischer ..."
3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"muscivora tyrannus. Range.—A Central and South American species accidentally
having occurred in the United States on several occasions. ..."
4. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"(Southwestern United States to Panama.) muscivora forficata (p ... 718) muscivora
FORFICATA (Gmelin). SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER. Adult male. ..."
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