Definition of Family mimidae

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Mimidae

family Melanthiaceae
family Melastomaceae
family Melastomataceae
family Meleagrididae
family Meliaceae
family Meliphagidae
family Meloidae
family Membracidae
family Menuridae
family Menyanthaceae
family Meropidae
family Micrococcaceae
family Microdesmidae
family Microhylidae
family Mimidae
family Mimosaceae
family Miridae
family Mniaceae
family Mobulidae
family Molidae
family Molossidae
family Momotidae
family Moniliaceae
family Monocanthidae
family Monodontidae
family Monotropaceae
family Moraceae
family Morchellaceae
family Motacillidae

Literary usage of Family mimidae

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

1. The Natural History of the Toronto Region, Ontario, Canada by Canadian Institute (1849-1914), J H Faull (1913)
"Family MIMIDAE. 272. Catbird. Dumetella carolinensis. Regular summer resident, common; breeds. 273. Brown Thrasher. Toxostoma rufum. Regular summer resident ..."

2. 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 ..."

3. Birds of the Kansas City Region by Harry Harris (1919)
"The Sprague's Pipit is given by Bunker as a rare migrant in eastern Kansas. It may occur regularly in large flocks of the preceding species. Family MIMIDAE. ..."

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