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Definition of Genus loxia
1. Noun. Crossbill.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Fringillidae, Fringillidae
Member holonyms: Crossbill, Loxia Curvirostra
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Loxia
Literary usage of Genus loxia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"genus loxia Loxia LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 171. ... By general
consent the Crossbills thus constitute the restricted genus Loxia, ..."
2. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1890)
"Genus LOXIA, Linn., 1706. The genus Loxia contains one Indian species of Finch
which may be recognized at n glance by the peculiar structure of the bill, ..."
3. Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska: Results of Investigations by Lucien McShan Turner (1886)
"Pine Grosbeak. Genus PYRRHULA Brisson. [516.] PYRRHULA CASSINI (Baird).
Cassin's Bullfinch. Genus LOXIA Linnaeus. 521. ..."
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