Definition of Family Cracidae

1. Noun. Curassows; guans; chachalacas.

Exact synonyms: Cracidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Galliformes, Order Galliformes
Member holonyms: Guan, Crax, Genus Crax, Genus Penelope, Penelope, Genus Pipile, Pipile, Genus Ortalis, Ortalis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Cracidae

family Coraciidae
family Cordaitaceae
family Cordylidae
family Coregonidae
family Coreidae
family Corixidae
family Cornaceae
family Cortinariaceae
family Corvidae
family Corydalidae
family Corylaceae
family Corynebacteriaceae
family Coryphaenidae
family Cotingidae
family Cottidae
family Cracidae (current term)
family Cracticidae
family Crangonidae
family Cricetidae
family Crocodylidae
family Crotalidae
family Cruciferae
family Cryptobranchidae
family Cryptocercidae
family Cryptogrammataceae
family Ctenizidae
family Cuculidae
family Cucurbitaceae
family Culicidae

Literary usage of Family Cracidae

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

1. Bulletin by Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, Thomas McAdory Owen (1909)
"... (the guans) of the family Cracidae (containing the curassows and guans), and place it in a separate suborder Penelopes (curassows and guans). ..."

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