Definition of Coracias

1. Noun. Type genus of the Coraciidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Coracias
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Coraciidae, Family Coraciidae
Member holonyms: Coracias Garrulus, European Roller

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coracias

Coppet's law
Coppola
Coprinaceae
Coprinus atramentarius
Coprinus comatus
Copt
Coptic
Coptic Church
Coptis
Coptis groenlandica
Coptis trifolia groenlandica
Copts
Cor.
Cor Caroli
Cora
Coracias
Coracias garrulus
Coraciidae
Coraciiformes
Coragyps
Coragyps atratus
Coral
Coral Sea
Coral Springs
Coralie
Corallorhiza
Corallorhiza maculata
Corallorhiza striata
Corallorhiza trifida
Coran

Literary usage of Coracias

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

1. �Etudes m�edicales sur les serpents de la Vend�ee et de Loire-Inf�erieure by Ambroise Viaud-Grand-Marais, George Robert Gray (1848)
"coracias pilosa Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxxii. coracias crinita Shaw, Gen. ... Northern Africa. Presented by the Hon. East India Company. 6. coracias ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(1) coracias bengalensis, Enl. 285, is evidently the same as the ... G. (2) coracias abyssinica, Enl. 626, and its variety C. ..."

3. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"GENUS coracias. coracias, Linn. Syst. Nat. ip 150 (1766). Type, C. garrulus (L.). As has been already mentioned, the Rollers are somewhat like Crows in ..."

4. A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by East India Company Museum, Frederic Moore, Thomas Horsfield (1858)
"Mesopotamia. Presented by Commander Jones. 854. coracias ... coracias caudata, apud GB Gray, Gen. of BI p. 62 ; Cat. B. Brit. Mus. (1848), p. 35. ..."

5. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"THE ROLLER (coracias garrula) Is about the size of the jay. Its bill is black, sharp, and somewhat hooked. The head is of a dirty green, mingled with blue; ..."

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