a. Ornith. [ad. mod.L. Synallaxinæ pl., f. Synallaxis (Vieillot, 1819), name of the typical genus: see -INE1.] Belonging to the subfamily Synallaxinæ of dendrocolaptine birds, found in tropical America, in habits and appearance resembling tree-creepers.
1862. Wood, Illustr. Nat. Hist., II. 260. The Synallaxine birds are generally found upon the trees, which they traverse with great rapidity in search of the various insects on which they feed.
1888. P. L. Sclater, Argentine Ornith., I. 195. Nor has it the restless manner of most Synallaxine birds.
