musophagldæ

pl. [Mod. Latin musophag(a); Lat. fem. pl. suff. -ida.] Ornith.: Plantain-eaters; a family of Zygodactyle Picarian birds. The bill is short, the upper mandible high, the culmen arched, the margin serrate or entire, the under mandible very thin. Feet short, formed for climbing. They have fine erectile crests. Most of them have six primaries. They are African, and somewhat resemble game birds. There are two sub-families, Musophagine (True Plantain-eaters), and Coliine (Colies).