Definition of Genus Cuterebra

1. Noun. Type genus of the Cuterebridae.

Exact synonyms: Cuterebra
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Cuterebridae, Family Cuterebridae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cuterebra

genus Ctenocephalides
genus Ctenocephalus
genus Cuculus
genus Cucumis
genus Cucurbita
genus Culcita
genus Culex
genus Cuminum
genus Cuniculus
genus Cuon
genus Cupressus
genus Curcuma
genus Cursorius
genus Curtisia
genus Cuscuta
genus Cuterebra (current term)
genus Cyamopsis
genus Cyamus
genus Cyanocitta
genus Cyathea
genus Cycas
genus Cyclamen
genus Cycloloma
genus Cyclopes
genus Cyclophorus
genus Cyclops
genus Cyclopterus
genus Cyclosorus
genus Cycnoches
genus Cydonia

Literary usage of Genus Cuterebra

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

1. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"... in the genus Cuterebra. These are most commonly met with in rabbits, squirrels and certain field mice! Usually they appear to cause no serious injury ..."

2. The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia by John Keast Lord (1866)
"... from which it may be distinguished by the pale hairs on the hind tibiae. Fam. (ESTRID^E. (Leach.)—Genus CUTEREBRA. (Clark. ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"... belong to some species of the genus CUTEREBRA of M. Clark, whose larvae live under the skin of certain Mammalia. It would also appear, that larva-, ..."

4. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1905)
"... three species of the genus Cuterebra which appeared to be new. Descriptions of these are submitted below, and, in order to show their relationship to ..."

5. Report by Oklahoma Adjutant-general's office (1859)
"... and of the genus Cuterebra of Clark, thus named from two Latin words, cutis tere- bra, ie skin borer or skin piercer, this genus being distinguished by ..."

6. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"He adds also a description of a new species of his genus Cuterebra, with the following characters :— C. ..."

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