Definition of Genus luscinia

1. Noun. Nightingales.

Exact synonyms: Luscinia
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Turdidae, Turdidae
Member holonyms: Luscinia Megarhynchos, Nightingale, Luscinia Luscinia, Thrush Nightingale

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Luscinia

genus Loris
genus Lota
genus Lotus
genus Lovoa
genus Loxia
genus Loxodonta
genus Loxoma
genus Loxostege
genus Lucilia
genus Lufengpithecus
genus Luffa
genus Lumpenus
genus Lunaria
genus Lunda
genus Lupinus
genus Luscinia
genus Lutjanus
genus Lutra
genus Luvarus
genus Lycaena
genus Lycaeon
genus Lychnis
genus Lycium
genus Lycoperdon
genus Lycopersicon
genus Lycopersicum
genus Lycopodium
genus Lycopus
genus Lycosa
genus Lyginopteris

Literary usage of Genus luscinia

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

1. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"In Persia it is often called the Bulbul-i-hazar dastan, the bulbul of a thousand notes; and its genus, Luscinia, is very closely allied to the small ..."

2. An Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain by John Gould (1873)
"Genus LUSCINIA. A very well-defined genus, comprising two species, both of which are summer birds in Central Europe. One of them, our well-known Nightingale ..."

3. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1866)
"... the sweetest of song-birds ; the type of the sub- the name of Devil-in-a-bush ; and comprising ' genus Luscinia, which is more closely allied, ..."

4. Provincial Names and Folk Lore of British Birds by Charles Swainson (1885)
"... no man knows whither." These birds were evidently regarded as a sign of the captive's future deliverance, which soon was the case. Genus LUSCINIA. ..."

5. The Folk Lore and Provincial Names of British Birds by Charles Swainson (1886)
"... no man knows whither." These birds were evidently regarded as a sign of the captive's future deliverance, whicli, soon was the case. Genus LUSCINIA. ..."

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