Definition of Genus Leptoptilus

1. Noun. Adjutant birds and marabous.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Leptoptilus

genus Lepechinia
genus Lepidium
genus Lepidobotrys
genus Lepidochelys
genus Lepidocybium
genus Lepidothamnus
genus Lepiota
genus Lepisma
genus Lepisosteus
genus Lepomis
genus Leptarrhena
genus Leptinotarsa
genus Leptodactylus
genus Leptoglossus
genus Leptopteris
genus Leptoptilus (current term)
genus Leptospira
genus Leptotyphlops
genus Lepus
genus Lespedeza
genus Lesquerella
genus Leucadendron
genus Leucaena
genus Leucanthemum
genus Leuciscus
genus Leucocytozoan
genus Leucocytozoon
genus Leucogenes
genus Leucothoe
genus Levisticum

Literary usage of Genus Leptoptilus

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

1. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1889)
"Genus LEPTOPTILUS, Less., 1831. There are three species of this genus, inhabiting Africa and Southern Asia. All are very large birds. Two are Indian. ..."

2. A Manual of Zoology for the Use of Students: With a General Introd. on the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1887)
"It frequents marshes, and feeds on frogs, fishes, and other aquatic animals. In the allied genus Leptoptilus, including the great Storks known as the ..."

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