Definition of Genus Anastomus

1. Noun. Openbills.

Exact synonyms: Anastomus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Ciconiidae, Family Ciconiidae
Member holonyms: Openbill

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Anastomus

genus Amygdalus
genus Anabas
genus Anabrus
genus Anacardium
genus Anacyclus
genus Anadenanthera
genus Anagallis
genus Anagasta
genus Anagyris
genus Ananas
genus Anaphalis
genus Anarhichas
genus Anas
genus Anasa
genus Anastatica
genus Anastomus (current term)
genus Anatotitan
genus Anchusa
genus Ancistrodon
genus Ancylus
genus Andira
genus Andreaea
genus Andrena
genus Andricus
genus Andromeda
genus Andropogon
genus Andryala
genus Aneides
genus Anemia
genus Anemone

Literary usage of Genus Anastomus

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

1. Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most Remote by Hugh Murray, James Wilson, Robert Kaye Greville, Robert Jameson, Whitelaw Ainslie, William Rhind, William Wallace, Clarence Dalrymple (1832)
"The genus Anastomus, of which the Pondicherry and Coromandel herons of Latham may serve as examples, is peculiar to the ..."

2. A familiar history of birds: Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts by Edward Stanley (1880)
"Of the fifth genus, Anastomus, or Open-Beaks, little is known, except that their habits and food are similar to those of the preceding genera. ..."

3. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"... genus, Anastomus. It is said to build on trees, rarely on rocks, and to lay two white eggs. This bird is classed by Bonaparte as restricted Mycteria, ..."

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