Definition of Genus collocalia

1. Noun. A genus of Apodidae.

Exact synonyms: Collocalia
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Apodidae, Family Apodidae
Member holonyms: Collocalia Inexpectata, Swiftlet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Collocalia

genus Codariocalyx
genus Codiaeum
genus Coeloglossum
genus Coelogyne
genus Coelophysis
genus Coereba
genus Coffea
genus Cola
genus Colaptes
genus Colchicum
genus Coleonyx
genus Coleus
genus Colinus
genus Collinsia
genus Collinsonia
genus Collocalia
genus Colobus
genus Colocasia
genus Coluber
genus Colubrina
genus Columba
genus Columnea
genus Colutea
genus Comandra
genus Comatula
genus Combretum
genus Commelina
genus Commiphora
genus Compsognathus
genus Comptonia

Literary usage of Genus collocalia

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

1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The swifts that construct these " edible " nests form a genus Collocalia, with many species; but they inhabit chiefly the islands of the Indian Ocean from ..."

2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"In this nest we see the sauva of the bird used as on adhesive material in nest building, as in the genus Collocalia of the Old World, but differently ap- ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... Revision oí the genus collocalia — This interesting genus of Swifts is one of the most difficult in the entire family ..."

4. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of by William Somerville Orr (1855)
"... make a much greater use of the glutinous secretion, and in some species of the genus Collocalia, this constitutes the great bulk of the nest. ..."

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