Definition of Pharomacrus

1. Noun. A genus of Trogonidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pharomacrus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Trogonidae, Trogonidae
Member holonyms: Quetzal, Quetzal Bird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pharomacrus

Phallus ravenelii
Phalura
Phanariot
Phanerogamae
Phanerozoic
Phanerozoic aeon
Phanerozoic eon
Phantom
Pharaoh's chicken
Pharaoh of Egypt
Pharaonic
Pharisee
Pharisees
Pharisæans
Pharmageddon
Pharomacrus (current term)
Pharomacrus mocino
Pharsalus
Phascogale
Phascolarctos
Phascolarctos cinereus
Phaseolus aconitifolius
Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius
Phaseolus angularis
Phaseolus aureus
Phaseolus caracalla
Phaseolus coccineus
Phaseolus limensis
Phaseolus lunatus
Phaseolus multiflorus

Literary usage of Pharomacrus

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

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"The male of Pharomacrus mocinno has a fine rounded crest, less developed in the ... The number of species is nearly fifty, of which the largest (Pharomacrus ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"The bird figured on page 172 is the resplendent trogon (Pharomacrus mocinno) and not Trogon ele- gans, which is a very different creature. ..."

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