Definition of Psophiidae

1. Noun. Trumpeters.

Exact synonyms: Family Psophiidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Gruiformes, Order Gruiformes
Member holonyms: Genus Psophia, Psophia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psophiidae

Psilotatae
Psilotum
Psilotum nudum
Psithyrus
Psittacidae
Psittaciformes
Psittacula
Psittacula krameri
Psittacus
Psittacus erithacus
Pskov
Psocidae
Psocoptera
Psophia
Psophia crepitans
Psophiidae (current term)
Psophocarpus
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Psoralea
Psoralea esculenta
Psorokóstaina
Pss.
Psyche
Psyche knot
Psyche knots
Psychodidae
Psychopsis
Psychopsis krameriana
Psychopsis papilio
Psychotria

Literary usage of Psophiidae

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

1. A Text-book of Zoogeography by Frank Evers Beddard (1895)
"... R. jubatus, the Kagu, is only found in the island of New Caledonia; the Trumpeters or Psophiidae are confined to certain districts of the Amazons, ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1895)
"... Gruidae, Psophiidae, and Otididae) in the Collection of the British Museum. By II. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii, 353 : 9 coloured Plates. ..."

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