Definition of Philomachus

1. Noun. Ruffs.

Exact synonyms: Genus Philomachus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Philomachus Pugnax, Ruff

Lexicographical Neighbors of Philomachus

Phillips head
Phillips heads
Phillips screw
Phillips screwdriver
Phillips screwdrivers
Phillips screws
Phillipson
Phillipson's reflex
Phillis
Phillis Wheatley
Philly
Philly cheesesteak
Philly cheesesteaks
Philohela
Philohela minor
Philomachus (current term)
Philomachus pugnax
Philomena
Philophylla
Philopia casei
Phineas
Phineas Taylor Barnum
Phinehas
Phintias
Phl.
Phlebodium
Phlebodium aureum
Phlebotomus argentipes
Phlebotomus chinensis
Phlebotomus flaviscutellatus

Literary usage of Philomachus

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

1. 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)
"Philomachus PUGNAX. The Buff. Tringa pugnax, Linn. SN ip 247 ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1815, ... Philomachus pugnax, GR Gray, List of Gen. ofB. (1841) p. 89; p. ..."

2. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"... of a large ruff of long feathers, and fight furiously for the possession of the females. 880. Philomachus pugnax, Tringa, apud LINN^US — BLYTH, Cat. ..."

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