Definition of Aphriza

1. Noun. A genus of Scolopacidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Aphriza
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Aphriza Virgata, Surfbird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphriza

Apennine Peninsula
Apennines
Apert
Apert's hirsutism
Apert's syndrome
Apert syndrome
Apgar score
Apgar scores
Aphanizomenon flos-aqua
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
Aphasmidia
Aphididae
Aphidoidea
Aphis fabae
Aphis pomi
Aphriza (current term)
Aphriza virgata
Aphrodite
Aphroditus
Aphrophora
Aphrophora saratogensis
Aphyllanthaceae
Aphyllanthes
Aphyllophorales
Apia
Apician
Apidae
Apios
Apios americana

Literary usage of Aphriza

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"Range.—Pacific coast of America, from Alaska to Chile. (Mono- typic.) Aphriza VIRGATA (Gmelin). SURF BIRD. Adults in breeding plumage ..."

2. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1891)
"A casual examination of this skeleton of Aphriza, inclines me to believe that its ... The pelvis of Aphriza reminds me more of that bone as generally seen ..."

3. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1919)
"Genus Aphriza Audubon. Aphriza" AUDUBON, Orn. Biog., v, 1839, 249; ... Aphriza VIRGATA (Gmelin). SURF BIRD. Adulte in breeding plumage (sexes alike). ..."

4. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Aphriza virgata (Gmd.). SURF BIRD. Arenaria, p.- Base of tail, upper coverts, and a broad bar on whig white. Adults in summer: upper parts, head, neck, ..."

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