Definition of Fulica

1. Noun. Coots.

Exact synonyms: Genus Fulica
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Rallidae, Rallidae
Member holonyms: Coot, American Coot, Fulica Americana, Marsh Hen, Mud Hen, Water Hen, Fulica Atra, Old World Coot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fulica

Fujiyama
Fukien
Fukkianese
Fukui
Fukuoka
Fukushima
Ful
Fula
Fulah
Fulani
Fulbright
Fulcher
Fulda
Fulgoridae
Fulica (current term)
Fulica americana
Fulica atra
Full Blood Count
Fuller
Fulmarus
Fulmarus glacialis
Fulton
Fulvicin
Fumaria
Fumaria claviculata
Fumaria fungosa
Fumaria officinalis
Fumaria sempervirens
Fumariaceae

Literary usage of Fulica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1915)
"compared with the corresponding ones in the same bone in Fulica, only this specimen indicates a species about one-third smaller than Fulica americana, ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... (Fulica atra}. C. shooting profitable to the fowlers who purvey for the market—The American C. (F. Americana}, a very similar species, is found in all ..."

3. Supplement to the Ornithological Dictionary, Or Synopsis of British Birds.by George Montagu by George Montagu (1813)
"Fulica atra. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 323. The Coot is said to breed in great abundance in the isle of Sheppey, where (he inhabitants will not suffer the eggs ..."

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