Definition of Family Corvidae

1. Noun. Crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Corvidae

family Commelinaceae
family Compositae
family Congridae
family Connaraceae
family Convallariaceae
family Convolvulaceae
family Coprinaceae
family Coraciidae
family Cordaitaceae
family Cordylidae
family Coregonidae
family Coreidae
family Corixidae
family Cornaceae
family Cortinariaceae
family Corvidae (current term)
family Corydalidae
family Corylaceae
family Corynebacteriaceae
family Coryphaenidae
family Cotingidae
family Cottidae
family Cracidae
family Cracticidae
family Crangonidae
family Cricetidae
family Crocodylidae
family Crotalidae
family Cruciferae

Literary usage of Family Corvidae

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

1. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"family Corvidae. Crows and Jays. f. Wing less than four inches long. g1. Bill slender, notched. Family Sylviidae. Kinglets and Gnatcatchers. g*. ..."

2. Principles of Zoology: Touching the Structure, Development, Distribution by Louis Agassiz, Augustus Addison Gould (1867)
"... &c., form the family Corvidae. Families are combined to form orders, and orders form classes, and finally, classes are combined to form the four primary ..."

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