Definition of Genus glareola

1. Noun. Type genus of the Glareolidae: the pratincoles.

Exact synonyms: Glareola
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Glareolidae, Glareolidae
Member holonyms: Glareole, Pratincole

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Glareola

genus Geranium
genus Gerardia
genus Gerbera
genus Gerbillus
genus Gerea
genus Gerres
genus Gerrhonotus
genus Gerris
genus Gesneria
genus Geum
genus Giardia
genus Ginglymostoma
genus Ginkgo
genus Giraffa
genus Gladiolus
genus Glareola
genus Glaucium
genus Glaucomys
genus Glaux
genus Glechoma
genus Gleditsia
genus Gleichenia
genus Gliricidia
genus Glis
genus Globicephala
genus Globigerina
genus Gloriosa
genus Glossina
genus Glossodia
genus Glossopsitta

Literary usage of Genus glareola

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

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A bird of the genus Glareola ; a pratincole. typical of the family ... pertaining to the genus Glareola. ..."

2. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"Genus GLAREOLA. I have for many years questioned the propriety of placing the Pratincoles in the same group with the Plovers, or even in the same order, ..."

3. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Genus GLAREOLA, Brisson. Species of this form inhabit India, the Indian Islands, Europe, and Africa. Sp. 515. ..."

4. Transactions of the Linnean Societyby Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library by Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library (1867)
"Descriptions of three species of the genus Glareola, xiii. 131 Leadbeater, B. Descriptions of some new species of birds belonging chiefly to the rare genera ..."

5. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1853)
"1846. 36. Notice of two examples of the genus Gallus.—Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849, p. 62. 37. On a new species of the genus Glareola.—Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849, p. ..."

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