Definition of Lanius

1. Noun. Type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Lanius
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Laniidae, Laniidae
Member holonyms: Butcherbird, Lanius Lucovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanius

Langmuir trough
Langobard
Langside
Langston Hughes
Langtry
Languas speciosa
Langue d'oc
Langue d'oc French
Langue d'oil
Langue d'oil French
Languedoc
Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedocian
Lani
Laniidae
Lanius (current term)
Lanius borealis
Lanius excubitor
Lanius lucovicianus
Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides
Lanius ludovicianus migrans
Lanka
Lankaran
Lankershim
Lannelongue
Lannelongue's foramina
Lannelongue's ligaments
Lanner Falcons
Lanoxin
Lansing

Literary usage of Lanius

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

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"The genera are determined by the general form of the beak, which is strong and compressed in Lanius and in Turdus, depressed in ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"... of the" Species of Lanius.— This is an attempt, as explained in the title,1 to trace back to a common origin the various species of Shrikes, ..."

3. Archiv for Mathematik Og Naturvidenskab (1878)
"For begge disse Grupper er Navnet Lanius bragt i Anvendelse af forskjellige Forfattere, idet nogle har gjort excubitor til Type for Slægten Lanius i ..."

4. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"The genus Lanius, however, embraces the northern forms ... THE TRUE SHRIKES. GENUS Lanius. Lanius, Linn., Syst. Nat., i., p. ..."

5. The Natural History of the Birds of Western Africa. by William Swainson, Andrew Crichton (1837)
"0 Lanius rutilus, Latham, iJ-c. Vieill. Ency. Melh. 727. ... Two of these, the present and the Lanius collurio*, occur through the whole length of Africa; ..."

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