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Definition of Psophiidae
1. Noun. Trumpeters.
Exact synonyms: Family Psophiidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Gruiformes, Order Gruiformes
Member holonyms: Genus Psophia, Psophia
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Gruiformes, Order Gruiformes
Member holonyms: Genus Psophia, Psophia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psophiidae
Literary usage of Psophiidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Zoogeography by Frank Evers Beddard (1895)
"... R. jubatus, the Kagu, is only found in the island of New Caledonia; the
Trumpeters or psophiidae are confined to certain districts of the Amazons, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1895)
"... Gruidae, psophiidae, and Otididae) in the Collection of the British Museum.
By II. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii, 353 : 9 coloured Plates. ..."
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