Definition of Pagophila

1. Noun. A genus of Laridae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pagophila
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Laridae, Laridae
Member holonyms: Ivory Gull, Pagophila Eburnea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pagophila

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Pagellus
Pagellus centrodontus
Pagenstecher's circle
Paget
Paget's cells
Paget's disease
Paget's disease of the nipple
Paget-Eccleston stain
Paget-von Schrotter syndrome
Pagnolesque
Pago Pago
Pagophila (current term)
Pagophila eburnea
Pagophilus
Pagophilus groenlandicus
Pagrus
Pagrus pagrus
Paguridae
Pagurus
PahA dioxygenase
Pahang
Pahari
Paharis
Pahlavi
Pahlevi
Pahvant Valley fever

Literary usage of Pagophila

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

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"The genus Pagophila is characterised by the square tail, the hind- toe joined to the ... The genus is represented by a single species, Pagophila eburnea, ..."

2. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by George Robert Gray, James Francis Stephens, Adam White, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"Yarmouth. Young. e. Sternum. England. Presented by John Ray, Esq. d. Hills of Hoy, Orkney. Adult. From Mr. J. Baker's collection. 6. Pagophila. Pagophila ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"39) to supersede the established generic name Pagophila by the derelict term ... Pagophila Kaup, 1829, is thus in order as the tenable generic name of the ..."

4. Bulletin by United States National Museum (1919)
"FORBES and ROBINSON, Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, no. 2, 1899, 58 (Melville Island; Wellington Channel, Spitzbergen). [Larus (Pagophila)] eburneus ..."

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