Definition of Perisoreus

1. Noun. Canada jays.

Exact synonyms: Genus Perisoreus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Garrulinae, Subfamily Garrulinae
Member holonyms: Camp Robber, Canada Jay, Gray Jay, Grey Jay, Perisoreus Canadensis, Whisker Jack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perisoreus

Perilla frutescens crispa
Periodontal Disease Index
Perioikoi
Perioikos
Periophthalmus
Peripatetic
Peripatetick
Peripatetics
Peripatidae
Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsis
Periplaneta americana
Periplaneta australasiae
Periploca
Periploca graeca
Perisoreus
Perisoreus canadensis
Perisoreus canadensis capitalis
Peristediinae
Peristedion
Peristedion miniatum
Peritrate
Peritrichida
Perkinism
Perkins
Perkinsian
Perl
Perlia
Perlia's nucleus
Perlin noise

Literary usage of Perisoreus

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

1. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1900)
"282 (485) perisoreus obscurus obscurus (Ridgway) Sharpe. OREGON JAY. STATUS—Fairly common resident in the humid coast Boreal in the extreme northwestern ..."

2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"... preceding except that they have generally been found nesting near the tops of tall fir trees. Size of eggs, 1.05 x .80. '3r 485a. Gray Jay. perisoreus ..."

3. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"perisoreus canadensis capitalis. Range.—Rocky Mountains from Montana to Arizona. This variety has the whole crown white and only a small amount of blackish ..."

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