Definition of Mimidae

1. Noun. Sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mimidae

Milton's disease
Milton Friedman
Milton Keynes
Milton Snavely Hershey
Miltonia
Miltonian
Miltonic
Miltown
Milvus migrans
Milwaukee
Mimamsa
Mimantean
Mimanteans
Mimantian
Mimas
Mimidae (current term)
Mimir
Mimnermus
Mimosa
Mimosa pudica
Mimosa sensitiva
Mimosaceae
Mimosoideae
Mimus
Mimus polyglotktos
MinGW
Min Min lights
Min Nan
Min dialect
Minamata Bay

Literary usage of Mimidae

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

1. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"Then we come to the American family Mimidae, of which the well-known Cat-bird (Mimus carolinensis) is a representative species, or the still more celebrated ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"... as a name for a family of fluviatile Mollusca, usually confounded with Melania, 212, 273. Hill, R., notes on the Mimidae of Jamaica, 304. ..."

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