Definition of Genus Cepphus

1. Noun. A genus of birds including: guillemots.

Exact synonyms: Cepphus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Alcidae, Family Alcidae
Member holonyms: Guillemot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cepphus

genus Cenchrus
genus Centaurea
genus Centaurium
genus Centranthus
genus Centrocercus
genus Centrolobium
genus Centropomus
genus Centropristis
genus Centropus
genus Centrosema
genus Centunculus
genus Cephalanthera
genus Cephalopterus
genus Cephalotaxus
genus Cephalotus
genus Cepphus (current term)
genus Cerapteryx
genus Cerastes
genus Cerastium
genus Ceratitis
genus Ceratodus
genus Ceratonia
genus Ceratopetalum
genus Ceratophyllum
genus Ceratopogon
genus Ceratopteris
genus Ceratosaurus
genus Ceratostomella
genus Ceratotherium
genus Ceratozamia

Literary usage of Genus Cepphus

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

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"The genus Cepphus differs from the genus Urla in its shorter bill, the culmen scarcely exceeding the length of the inner toe and claw, in the differences of ..."

2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Lower California from Natividad Island (lat. 28°) on the Pacific and from Espiritu Santo Island in the Gulf, south to Cape San Lucas. genus Cepphus PALLAS. ..."

3. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1903)
"Remarks on the Species of the genus Cepphus. Proc. US Nat. Mus., VII, pp. 210-229. (A monograph of this holarctic genus.) 1884. ..."

4. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"genus Cepphus. 29. Cepphus columba Pall. PIGEON GUILLEMOT. Bill black, straight, and slender, upper edge of nostril feathered; feet bright red in summer, ..."

5. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Pennsylvania Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"genus Cepphus PALLAS. Cepphus grylle (LINN.). Black Guillemot. DESCRIPTION. Adult in winter.—Bill black, sharp-pointed, quite straight and shorter than the ..."

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