Definition of Genus sphecotheres

1. Noun. A genus of Old World orioles.

Exact synonyms: Sphecotheres
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Oriolidae, Oriolidae
Member holonyms: Fig-bird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sphecotheres

genus Sparganium
genus Sparmannia
genus Spartina
genus Spartium
genus Spathiphyllum
genus Spergula
genus Spergularia
genus Sphacele
genus Sphacelotheca
genus Sphaeralcea
genus Sphaerocarpos
genus Sphaerocarpus
genus Sphagnum
genus Sphecius
genus Sphecotheres
genus Spheniscus
genus Sphenodon
genus Sphyraena
genus Sphyrapicus
genus Sphyrna
genus Spilogale
genus Spinacia
genus Spinus
genus Spiraea
genus Spiranthes
genus Spirillum
genus Spirochaeta
genus Spirodela
genus Spirogyra

Literary usage of Genus sphecotheres

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

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The genus Sphecotheres, Vieillot, which he has placed with the thrushes, has been placed in this genus by Quoy, ..."

2. The Natural Arrangement and Relations of the Family of Flycatchers, Or by William Swainson (1838)
"... which may possibly come in the range of this sub-family; they are from New Holland, and form the genus Sphecotheres of Vieillot; the size is larger than ..."

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