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Definition of Turdinae
1. Noun. Alternative classification for the thrushes.
Exact synonyms: Subfamily Turdinae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae
Member holonyms: Genus Sialia, Sialia
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae
Member holonyms: Genus Sialia, Sialia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turdinae
| 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 Turinese |
Literary usage of Turdinae
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)
"In the turdinae the young are constantly spotted, as opposed to the ... These birds
differ from the turdinae in their short, somewhat depressed bills, ..."
2. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1858)
"Sub-Family turdinae. The family of turdinae, as constituted in the previous
synopsis, entirely excludes the mocking birds belonging to the genera Mimus, ..."
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