Definition of Genus vultur

1. Noun. A bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor.

Exact synonyms: Vultur
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cathartidae, Family Cathartidae
Member holonyms: Andean Condor, Vultur Gryphus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Vultur

genus Vincetoxicum
genus Viola
genus Vipera
genus Vireo
genus Virgilia
genus Viscum
genus Vitis
genus Vittaria
genus Viverra
genus Viverricula
genus Volvaria
genus Volvariella
genus Volvox
genus Vorticella
genus Vulpes
genus Vultur
genus Weigela
genus Welwitchia
genus Welwitschia
genus Wintera
genus Wisteria
genus Wolffia
genus Wolffiella
genus Woodsia
genus Woodwardia
genus Wyethia
genus Wynnea
genus Xanthium
genus Xanthomonas
genus Xanthorroea

Literary usage of Genus vultur

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

1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Head of Griffon Vulture. SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT. The genus Vultur of Linnaeus stands first in his first order, ..."

2. A list of the genera of birds, with an indication of the typical species of by George Robert Gray (1841)
"On examining M. Temminck's remarks on the species of the genus Vultur, as given in the PI. col., I find that he considered the V. auricularis and V. ..."

3. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"Genus VULTUR, Linn., 1766. Bill short, strong, and deep, curving from the end of the cere ; nostrils round or slightly curved ; head broad, covered with ..."

4. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"... of those peculiar characters that distinguish the typical divisions, represented (as I have before stated) by genus Vultur and genus Sarcoramphus. ..."

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