Definition of Numididae

1. Noun. Guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar.

Exact synonyms: Numidinae, Subfamily Numididae, Subfamily Numidinae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Genus Numida, Numida

Lexicographical Neighbors of Numididae

Num Locks
Numanoid
Numanoids
Number 10
Number Ten
Number of the Beast
Numbers
Numenius
Numenius arquata
Numenius borealis
Numida
Numida meleagris
Numidia
Numidian
Numidians
Numididae (current term)
Numidinae
Nummulitidae
Nun
Nunatsiavut
Nunatukavut
Nunavik
Nunavimmiut
Nunavummiuq
Nunavummiut
Nunavut
Nunc dimittis
Nung
Nunga
Nunki

Literary usage of Numididae

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

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"These are the pheasants (Phasianidae), the grouse (Tetraonidae), the American Partridges (Odontophoridae), the Guinea fowl (Numididae), and the Turkeys ..."

2. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1869)
"... and the Guinea-fowls (Numididae)—and serve to differentiate the ./Ethiopian from the Indian Region. ..."

3. Bulletin by New York State Museum of Natural History, New York State Museum (1909)
"... which are the Tetraonidae (i), (12 genera, 46 species); the Phasianidae (2), (51 genera, some extinct, about 244 species); the Numididae (3), (5 genera, ..."

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