Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Bucerotiformes — the ground hornbills.
Etymologies
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Bucorvus + -idae
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Examples
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Indeed it’s been suggested at times that the Bucorvus species are so unusual compared to other upupiforms that they should get their own ‘family’, Bucorvidae (Kemp 1995).
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Indeed it’s been suggested at times that the Bucorvus species are so unusual compared to other upupiforms that they should get their own ‘family’, Bucorvidae (Kemp 1995).
Bucorvids: post-Cretaceous maniraptorans on the savannah Darren Naish 2006
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