Definition of Limnodromus

1. Noun. Dowitchers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Limnodromus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Dowitcher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limnodromus

Limeneans
Limenitis
Limenitis archippus
Limenitis arthemis
Limenitis astyanax
Limenitis camilla
Limerick
Limerickman
Limerickmen
Limeyland
Limnatis nilotica
Limnobium
Limnocryptes
Limnocryptes minima
Limnodium spongia
Limnodromus (current term)
Limnodromus griseus
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Limnos
Limoges
Limonium
Limosa
Limosa haemastica
Limousin
Limousine
Limpopo
Limulidae
Limulus polyphemus
Lin
Lina

Literary usage of Limnodromus

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)
"Totanus noveboracensis SABINE, in Franklin's Journ. Polar Sea, 1823, 687. Limnodromus noveboracensis MAXIMILIAN, Beitr. Naturg. Bras., iv, 1832, 717. ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"22.) The North American forms of the genus are: 231. Limnodromus griseus gris e us (Gmelin). 232. Limnodromus griseus scolopaceus (Say). ..."

3. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"... scolopaceus (Say) become Limnodromus griseus griseus (Gmelin) and Limnodromus griseus scolopaceus (Say). Ridgway, Bds. N. and Mid. Amer., vm, 197, 1919. ..."

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