Definition of Genus steatornis

1. Noun. Type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae.

Exact synonyms: Steatornis
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Steatornithidae, Steatornithidae
Member holonyms: Guacharo, Oilbird, Steatornis Caripensis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Steatornis

genus Spodoptera
genus Spondias
genus Sporobolus
genus Spraguea
genus Spyeria
genus Squalus
genus Squatina
genus Squilla
genus Stachys
genus Stanhopea
genus Stanleya
genus Stapelia
genus Staphylea
genus Staphylococcus
genus Staurikosaurus
genus Steatornis
genus Steganopus
genus Stegosaurus
genus Stelis
genus Stellaria
genus Stenocarpus
genus Stenochlaena
genus Stenopelmatus
genus Stenopterygius
genus Stenotaphrum
genus Stenotomus
genus Stenotus
genus Stentor
genus Stephanomeria
genus Stephanotis

Literary usage of Genus steatornis

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

1. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"This family contains a single bird—the Guácharo—forming the genus Steatornis, first discovered by Humboldt in a cavern in Venezuela, and since found in deep ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"In the first family the genus steatornis (Ilum- boldt) becomes so plump on the rich palm fruits of Guadeloupe and Trinidad in the breeding season that their ..."

3. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"In the first subfamily the genus steatornis (Humboldt) become so plump on the rich palm fruits of Guadeloupe and Trinidad in the breeding season that their ..."

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