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Definition of Sturnoid
1. a. Like or pertaining to the starlings.
Definition of Sturnoid
1. resembling a sturnus [adj] - See also: sturnus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sturnoid
Literary usage of Sturnoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Having the form or technical characters'of the starlings ; sturnoid ; of or ...
sturnoid Passeres, one of four groups or series in which AR Wallace (Ibis, ..."
2. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The sturnoid Passeres (Families 34-38) are all exclusively Old World, except that
two larks inhabit parts of North America, and a few pipits South America. ..."
3. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The sturnoid Passeres (Families 34-38) are all exclusively Old World, except that
two larks inhabit parts of North America, and a few pipits South America. ..."
4. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"Ord. Passeres (sturnoid). Stygian. Belonging to or relating to the Styx. Style.
[Gr. <rrS\os, a pillar] 1. The gnomon (qv) of a sun-dial. 2. (Bot. ..."
5. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"[L. sturnus, starling.} (Ornith.} Starlings ; fam. of birds peculiar to E.
hemisphere, but not found in Australian mainland. Ord. Passeres (sturnoid). ..."
6. The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A (1907)
"... having awing with nine primaries, the first of which is fully developed and
usually very long, and containing 10 Families ; and C. " sturnoid ..."
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