Definition of Genus Riparia

1. Noun. A genus of Hirundinidae.

Exact synonyms: Riparia
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Hirundinidae, Hirundinidae
Member holonyms: Bank Martin, Bank Swallow, Riparia Riparia, Sand Martin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Riparia

genus Rhizopus
genus Rhodanthe
genus Rhododendron
genus Rhodosphaera
genus Rhodymenia
genus Rhus
genus Rhyacotriton
genus Rhynchoelaps
genus Rhyncostylis
genus Rhynia
genus Ribes
genus Richea
genus Richmondena
genus Ricinus
genus Rickettsia
genus Riparia (current term)
genus Rissa
genus Rivina
genus Rivulus
genus Robinia
genus Roccella
genus Roccus
genus Rodolia
genus Romneya
genus Roridula
genus Rorippa
genus Rosa
genus Rosellinia
genus Rosmarinus
genus Roystonea

Literary usage of Genus Riparia

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

1. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"genus Riparia. 816. Riparia riparia (Linn.). BANK SWALLOW. Tarsus with a small tuft of feathers on back near toes; bill small, nostrils opening laterally; ..."

2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"Genus RIPARIA Forster. 616. Riparia riparia (Linn.). Bank Swallow; Sand Swallow; Sand Martin. Plumage of adults: a brownish gray band across breast and ..."

3. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"One July a bird enthusiast watched a nest-hole of these birds in the Sierra Madre Mountains, just above Pasadena, California. genus Riparia: BANK SWALLOW. ..."

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