Definition of Anthus

1. Noun. Pipits.

Exact synonyms: Genus Anthus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Motacillidae, Motacillidae
Member holonyms: Lark, Pipit, Titlark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthus

Anthony Comstock
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Nolan panel
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Vandyke
Anthony Wayne
Anthophyta
Anthrenus scrophulariae
Anthriscus
Anthriscus cereifolium
Anthriscus sylvestris
Anthropocene
Anthropos
Anthurium andraeanum
Anthurium scherzerianum
Anthus
Anthus pratensis
Anthyllis
Anthyllis barba-jovis
Anthyllis vulneraria
Anti-Imperialist International Brigade
Anti-Masonic Party
Anti-Stratfordian
Anti-Stratfordians
Antibody Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy
Antichrist
Antichristic
Antido
Antidorcas
Antidorcas euchore

Literary usage of Anthus

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

1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1885)
"anthus butleri, Shelley, PZS 1882, p. 330, pi. 18 ; Butler, Feilden, p. ... Foot of anthus chloris. Hind daw short and nearly straight, shorter than hind ..."

2. A History of the Birds of Europe: Including All the Species Inhabiting the ...by Henry Eeles Dresser, Richard Bowdler Sharpe by Henry Eeles Dresser, Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1881)
"anthus macronyx iii. 325. maculatus iii. 317. major iii. ... anthus pratensis japonicus iii. 331. pratensis nubicus iii. 299. pratorum , iii. ..."

3. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1888)
"In the volume on Birds in the ' Voyage of the Beagle,' it is said that a species of anthus ranges further south than any other land-bird, being the only ..."

4. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1841)
"The flowers are green and purple, and the roots are used by the Indians as a remely for colic. GENUS IL—anthus ..."

5. British Song Birds: Being Popular Descriptions and Anecdotes of the by Neville Wood (1836)
"I AM informed, on the authority of that acute Ornithologist Mr. BLYTH, that the Rock Pipit of Britain is wholly distinct from the anthus aquaticus of ..."

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