Definition of Genus Castor

1. Noun. Type genus of the Castoridae: beavers.

Exact synonyms: Castor
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Castoridae, Family Castoridae
Member holonyms: Beaver

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Castor

genus Carpocapsa
genus Carpodacus
genus Carthamus
genus Carum
genus Carya
genus Caryocar
genus Caryota
genus Casmerodius
genus Castanea
genus Castanopsis
genus Castilleia
genus Castilleja
genus Castor (current term)
genus Castoroides
genus Casuarina
genus Casuarius
genus Catacala
genus Catalpa
genus Catananche
genus Catasetum
genus Catha
genus Catharacta
genus Catharanthus
genus Cathartes
genus Cathaya
genus Catoptrophorus
genus Catostomus

Literary usage of Genus Castor

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

1. A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds by Richard. Owen (1846)
"... to have had a longer antero-poste- rior diameter than the third grinder, which is the reverse of the proportions of these teeth in the genus Castor. ..."

2. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1915)
"... members of the phylogenetic series, of which the genus Castor is ... bears directly on the problem of tbe first appearance of the genus Castor. ..."

3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... because the genus Castor must be considered as the type of the family, of which the present can only be an aberrant form. ..."

4. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The Beavers, forming the genus Castor, consist of two species, the American (Castor canadensis) ranging over the whole of North America from Labrador to ..."

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