Definition of Genus pooecetes

1. Noun. A genus of Fringillidae.

Exact synonyms: Pooecetes
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Fringillidae, Fringillidae
Member holonyms: Grass Finch, Pooecetes Gramineus, Vesper Sparrow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pooecetes

genus Polypedates
genus Polypodium
genus Polyporus
genus Polyprion
genus Polystichum
genus Pomacanthus
genus Pomacentrus
genus Pomaderris
genus Pomatomus
genus Pomolobus
genus Pomoxis
genus Poncirus
genus Pongamia
genus Pongo
genus Pontederia
genus Pooecetes
genus Popillia
genus Populus
genus Porcellio
genus Poronotus
genus Porphyra
genus Porphyrio
genus Porphyrula
genus Portulaca
genus Portunus
genus Porzana
genus Potamogale
genus Potamogeton
genus Potamophis
genus Potentilla

Literary usage of Genus pooecetes

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

1. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus pooecetes has the bill rather large, wings long and pointed, the second and third quills longest, tail short, forked, stiff, and its feathers ..."

2. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"genus pooecetes. Baird. Bill rather large; upper outline slightly decurved towards the end, lower straight. Wings unusually long and pointed, ..."

3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"... The genus pooecetes has the bill rather large, wings long and pointed, the second and third quills longest, tail short, forked, stiff, and its feathers ..."

4. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"Genus POOECETES Baird. «*—'' Bay-winged Bunting. Grass Finch. Thickly streaked everywhere above, \V on sides and across breast; no yellow anywhere ; lesser ..."

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