Definition of Toxostoma

1. Noun. Thrashers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Toxostoma
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Mimidae, Mimidae
Member holonyms: Mocking Thrush, Thrasher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toxostoma

Townsendia
Townsendia Exscapa
Townshend
Townson
Towser
Toxascaris leonina
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Toxicodendron quercifolium
Toxicodendron radicans
Toxicodendron vernicifluum
Toxicodendron vernix
Toxocara mystax
Toxoplasma
Toxoplasmatidae
Toxostoma (current term)
Toxostoma rufums
Toxotai
Toxotes
Toxotes jaculatrix
Toxotidae
Toy Fox Terrier
Toy Fox Terriers
Toyama
Toyger
Toyland
Toynbee
Toynbee's corpuscles
Toynbee's muscle
Toynbee's tube

Literary usage of Toxostoma

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

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"The species was originally described under the name Toxostoma dorsalis by Dr. T. ... Among them the name of Toxostoma dorsalis, was altered to Toxostoma ..."

2. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"Toxostoma redivivum (p. 203) cc. Smaller and paler, the upper parts pale brownish gray or grayish brown, the abdomen white or huffy white; ..."

3. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York by N.Y. Lyceum of Natural History (New York, New York Academy of Sciences (1852)
"Toxostoma LE CONTEI. LE CONTE'S MOCKING BIRD. Specific character. Light cinereous; tail brown; bill slender and much curved. Description. ..."

4. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Toxostoma rufum. Brown Thrasher. Breeds mainly in Tran. and Aust. zones from s. ... Toxostoma bendirei. Bendire Thrasher. Breeds in Low. Son. deserts of se. ..."

5. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Toxostoma rufum. Range.—Eastern North America, breeding from the Gulf States north to ... Size 1 05 x .80. 706. Sennett Thrasher. Toxostoma longirostre ..."

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