Definition of Muscivora

1. Noun. A genus of Tyrannidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Muscivora
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Superfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae
Member holonyms: Muscivora-forficata, Scissortail, Scissortailed Flycatcher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muscivora

Musca domestica
Muscadet
Muscardinus
Muscardinus avellanarius
Muscari
Muscari comosum
Muscari neglectum
Muscat
Muscat and Oman
Muscatian
Muscatians
Muscicapa
Muscicapa grisola
Muscicapa striata
Muscicapidae
Muscivora (current term)
Muscivora-forficata
Muscogee
Muscogees
Muscoidea
Muscovian
Muscovians
Muscovite
Muscovites
Muscovy
Muscovy duck
Muscovy ducks
Muse
Muses
Musgoi

Literary usage of Muscivora

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)
"... chiefly of an olive or black-and-grey coloration, which is occasionally relieved by bright scarlet as in Pyrocephalus, orange-red as in Muscivora, ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"At this point " Muscivora Lac£pede" has no standing. As pointed out to me by Mr. Stone, it can be taken from G. Fischer ..."

3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Muscivora tyrannus. Range.—A Central and South American species accidentally having occurred in the United States on several occasions. ..."

4. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"(Southwestern United States to Panama.) Muscivora forficata (p ... 718) Muscivora FORFICATA (Gmelin). SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER. Adult male. ..."

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