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Definition of Turdidae
1. Noun. Thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Thrush, Genus Turdus, Turdus, Genus Hylocichla, Hylocichla, Genus Luscinia, Luscinia, Genus Saxicola, Saxicola, Genus Myadestes, Myadestes, Genus Phoenicurus, Phoenicurus, Genus Oenanthe, Oenanthe, Erithacus, Genus Erithacus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turdidae
| Tupungato Turan Turanian Turanians Turbatrix Turbatrix aceti Turcism Turcisms Turck's bundle Turck's column | Turck's degeneration Turck's tract Turco- Turcoman Turcomans Turfan Turfan dialect Turgenev Turgot Turin |
Literary usage of Turdidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"... etc., lined with hair and fine fibres. Collector, J. R-. Dixon. THRUSHES,
SOLITAIRES, BLUEBIRDS, ETC. Family turdidae. 754. Townsend Solitaire. ..."
2. Research in China by Eliot Blackwelder, Bailey Willis, Rufus Harvey Sargent, Friedrich Hirth, Charles Doolittle Walcott (1907)
"... Sylviidae and turdidae (restricted). Pratincola maura (PALLAS). Indian Bush-chat.
Motacilla maura PALLAS: Reise Russ. Reichs, n, 1773, 708 (West Siberia ..."
3. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"... made of weed fibres, etc., lined with hair and fine fibres. THRUSHES, SOLITAIRES,
BLUEBIRDS, ETC. Family turdidae 754•. TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE. ..."
4. Petrography and Zoology by Eliot Blackwelder (1907)
"... Sylviidae and turdidae (restricted). Pratincola maura (PALLAS). Indian Bush-chat.
Motacilla maura PALLAS: Reise Russ. Reichs, 1i, 1773, 708 (West ..."
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