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Definition of Order Cuculiformes
1. Noun. Cuckoos; touracos; etc..
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Cuculiform Bird, Cuculidae, Family Cuculidae, Family Musophagidae, Musophagidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Cuculiformes
Literary usage of Order Cuculiformes
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)
"THE order Cuculiformes commences the last great division of Carinate Birds.
It contains the Sub-Orders CUCULI and PSITTACI ; the former consisting of the ..."
2. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... again, the Cuckoos and Plantain-eaters associated in the order Cuculiformes
are representatives of a very low type of avine architecture. ..."
3. The National Zoological Park: A Popular Account of Its Collections by Ned Hollister (1919)
"The cuckoos and plantain eaters and the great tribe of parrots,, macaws, and
cockatoos form the order Cuculiformes. The first group is poorly represented in ..."
4. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1916)
"In the general scheme of classification presented hi Part I (p.) of this work,
the "order Cuculiformes" includes the Parrots as well as the Cuckoo-like ..."
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