English

Proper noun

Phœnicopteridæ

1. Obsolete form of Phoenicopteridae.
   • 1876, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Geographical Distribution of Animals (Harper & Brothers), volume II, chapter XVIII, page 362:

     The Phœnicopteridæ or Flamingoes, common to the Tropical regions of Asia, Africa and America, but absent from Australia, is the only other feature of general interest presented by the distribution of the Waders.