Definition of Family sirenidae

1. Noun. Sirens.

Exact synonyms: Sirenidae
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Family
Group relationships: Caudata, Order Caudata, Order Urodella, Urodella
Member holonyms: Genus Siren

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Sirenidae

family Scombridae
family Scorpaenidae
family Scrophulariaceae
family Scutigeridae
family Scyliorhinidae
family Secotiaceae
family Selaginellaceae
family Sepiidae
family Septobasidiaceae
family Serranidae
family Sialidae
family Sillaginidae
family Siluridae
family Simaroubaceae
family Simuliidae
family Sirenidae
family Sisyridae
family Sittidae
family Solanaceae
family Soleidae
family Solenidae
family Soricidae
family Spalacidae
family Sparganiaceae
family Sparidae
family Sphaeriaceae
family Sphaerobolaceae
family Sphaerocarpaceae
family Sphecidae
family Spheniscidae

Literary usage of Family sirenidae

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

1. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... of nine of the families, of which two are peculiar to the region, and there are no less than fifteen peculiar genera. Siren forms the family Sirenidae; ..."

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