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Definition of Bombycilla
1. Noun. Waxwings.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Bombycillidae, Family Bombycillidae
Member holonyms: Waxwing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombycilla
Literary usage of Bombycilla
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, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"I, vii, 1; Bombycilla carolinensis, Wils.; Bomb, cedrorum, Vieill., Gal. 118;
Vaill., Ois. de Par., I, pi. 50. There is also one in Japan, ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"Similar to Bombycilla garrula garrula, but paler and somewhat less vinaceous ...
Birds of this species from northeastern Asia differ from Bombycilla garrula ..."
3. Birds of the Colorado Valley ...: Scientific and Popular Information by Elliott Coues (1878)
"< Zoologist, viii. 1850, p. 2766. 1850. ELLMAN, JB Occurrence of the Waxwing [Bombycilla
... MATTHEWS, A. Occurrence of the Waxwing [Bombycilla ..."
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