Cracid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cracid is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to birds of the taxonomic family Cracidae.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to birds of the taxonomic family Cracidae.
More Meanings
- (zoology) Any bird of the family Cracidae.
Example Sentences
Cracraft (1973b, p. 507) asserted that Gallinuloides was closer to phasianids than cracids, but never presented evidence to substantiate his claim.
Two of the five Galliform families, the cracids (guans, curassows and chachalacas) and the New World quails, are confined to the Americas, with most species in Central and especially South America.
Indeed, if anything it^([the chachalaca]) is further from the Galliformes than the duck; but because of the slight uncertainties in the method Prager and Wilson argued for a three-way split between ducks, cracids, and non-cracid galliforms.
Word Forms
- cracids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include acrocephaline, acridian, caprimulgiform, tipulid, gruiform, accipitrine.
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