Definition of Formicarius

1. Noun. Type genus of the Formicariidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Formicarius
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Formicariidae, Formicariidae
Member holonyms: Ant Thrush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Formicarius

Forester
Forestiera neomexicana
Forficula auricularia
Forficulidae
Forli
Forlivian
Forlì-Cesena
Formad's kidney
Formentera
Former Armed Forces
Formica
Formica fusca
Formica rufa
Formica sanguinea
Formicariidae
Formicarius
Formicidae
Formosa
Formosan
Formosans
Formula 1
Formula One
Fornax
Fornicalia
Forrest
Forrest Gump
Forro
Forseti
Forssman antibody
Forssman antigen

Literary usage of Formicarius

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

1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1890)
"formicarius cayanensis, Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 90, 168. Like F. colma, but with the ... Salvin-Godman Coll. Gould Coll. (Type of the species.) formicarius ..."

2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1858)
"This section is at once distinguished from formicarius by the for- ward position of the small, rounded nostrils and nudity of the ocular region, ..."

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