Definition of Genus Haematopus

1. Noun. Oystercatchers.

Exact synonyms: Haematopus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Charadriiformes, Order Charadriiformes
Member holonyms: Oyster Catcher, Oystercatcher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Haematopus

genus Gymnogyps
genus Gymnopilus
genus Gymnorhina
genus Gymnosporangium
genus Gymnura
genus Gynura
genus Gypaetus
genus Gyps
genus Gypsophila
genus Gyromitra
genus Haastia
genus Habenaria
genus Hackelia
genus Haemanthus
genus Haematobia
genus Haematopus (current term)
genus Haematoxylon
genus Haematoxylum
genus Haemodorum
genus Haemopis
genus Haemoproteus
genus Haemulon
genus Hakea
genus Halcyon
genus Haldea
genus Halenia
genus Halesia
genus Haliaeetus
genus Halicoeres
genus Halimodendron

Literary usage of Genus Haematopus

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

1. The Water-fowl Family by Leonard Cutler Sanford, Louis Bennett Bishop, Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1903)
"No hind toe. Four species in North America, one of which is a straggler from Europe. genus Haematopus. The generic type is the same as that of th« family. ..."

2. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1867)
"The genus Haematopus—Oyster-catchers—has the bill longer than the tarsus, hind toe wanting, tarsus reticulated anteriorly, and the middle and outer toes ..."

3. The Birds of Long Island by Jacob P. Giraud (1844)
"genus Haematopus —LINN. OYSTER-CATCHER. [Bill longer :han the head—hard, s'.rong, compressed toward the end; neck moderate ; hody compact ; wings long ..."

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