Definition of Turdinae

1. Noun. Alternative classification for the thrushes.

Exact synonyms: Subfamily Turdinae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae
Member holonyms: Genus Sialia, Sialia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turdinae

Turan
Turanian
Turanians
Turbatrix
Turbatrix aceti
Turcism
Turcisms
Turck's bundle
Turck's column
Turck's degeneration
Turck's tract
Turco-
Turcoman
Turcomans
Turfan
Turfan dialect
Turgenev
Turgot
Turin
Turinese

Literary usage of Turdinae

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)
"In the turdinae the young are constantly spotted, as opposed to the ... These birds differ from the turdinae in their short, somewhat depressed bills, ..."

2. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1858)
"Sub-Family turdinae. The family of turdinae, as constituted in the previous synopsis, entirely excludes the mocking birds belonging to the genera Mimus, ..."

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