Definition of Genus-milvus

1. Noun. A genus including the common European kits.

Exact synonyms: Milvus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus-milvus

genuflexions
genuine
genuine fake
genuine fakes
genuine issue of material fact
genuine issues of material fact
genuinely
genuineness
genuinenesses
genupectoral position
genuphallations
genus
genus-Fenusa
genus-Megapodius
genus-Milvus
genus-group
genus Abelia
genus Abelmoschus
genus Abies
genus Abramis
genus Abrocoma
genus Abronia
genus Abudefduf
genus Abutilon
genus Acacia
genus Acalypha
genus Acanthisitta
genus Acanthocereus
genus Acanthocybium

Literary usage of Genus-milvus

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

1. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"Genus MILVUS. Asia is the great stronghold of the Kites or restricted genus Milvus; a few species occur in Europe, Africa, and the Indian Islands, ..."

2. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"Genus MILVUS, Cuvier, 1800. The true Kites belong to the present genus, and are all birds of moderate size, with a long forked tail. ..."

3. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"... chiefly round the larger end, with hazel- brown, chestnut, or rich madder-brown THE TRUE KITES. GENUS MILVUS. Milvus, Cuvier, Leg. Anat. Comp. i. ..."

4. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Inhabits ludia and Malay countries : extremely common. Genus MILVUS, Cuvier. M. aler. бум. Falco »ter et F. austríacas, ..."

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