Definition of Fulica americana

1. Noun. A coot found in North America.

Exact synonyms: American Coot, Marsh Hen, Mud Hen, Water Hen
Group relationships: Fulica, Genus Fulica
Generic synonyms: Coot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fulica Americana

Fukien
Fukkianese
Fukui
Fukuoka
Fukushima
Ful
Fula
Fulah
Fulani
Fulbright
Fulcher
Fulda
Fulgoridae
Fulica
Fulica americana (current term)
Fulica atra
Full Blood Count
Fuller
Fulmarus
Fulmarus glacialis
Fulton
Fulvicin
Fumaria
Fumaria claviculata
Fumaria fungosa
Fumaria officinalis
Fumaria sempervirens
Fumariaceae
Fumimaro Konoe

Literary usage of Fulica americana

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

1. The Tænioid Cestodes of North American Birds by Brayton Howard Ransom (1909)
"The differences mentioned seem to be insufficient to warrant a separation of the two forms, and the identification of the tapeworms from Fulica americana as ..."

2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"... Corvus corax; Pica huds.; Picus *" Fulica americana is different from aim. This is shown more clearly in Wilson's description than in that of Audubon. ..."

3. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1915)
"compared with the corresponding ones in the same bone in Fulica, only this specimen indicates a species about one-third smaller than Fulica americana, ..."

4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"... Corvus corax; Pica huds.; Picus "• Fulica americana is different from atra. This is shown more clearly in Wilson's description than in that of Audubon. ..."

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