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cracid

cracid adjective: of or pertaining to birds of the taxonomic family Cracidae.

cracid: of or pertaining to birds of the taxonomic family Cracidae
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Adjective

cracid (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to birds of the taxonomic family Cracidae.

Noun

cracid (plural cracids)

  1. Any bird of the family Cracidae.
    • 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.1982 May 20, Jeremy Charfas, “Proving the pattern of life”, in New Scientist, number 1306, page 485
    • Cracraft (1973b, p. 507) asserted that Gallinuloides was closer to phasianids than cracids, but never presented evidence to substantiate his claim.2012, Storrs L. Olson, “Chapter 2: The Fossil Record of Birds”, in Donald Farner, editor, Avian Biology, volume 3, page 115

Forms of cracid

pluralcracids

Questions about cracid

What does cracid mean?
Cracid means of or pertaining to birds of the taxonomic family Cracidae.
What part of speech is cracid?
Cracid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cracid in the dictionary

  1. Cracchiolos
  2. Crace
  3. Craces
  4. crachach
  5. crachachs
  6. cracid
  7. cracids
  8. crack
  9. crack a book
  10. crack a crib
  11. crack a crust

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