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Definition of Cephalopterus
1. Noun. A genus of Cotingidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cotingidae, Family Cotingidae
Member holonyms: Cephalopterus Ornatus, Umbrella Bird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalopterus
Literary usage of Cephalopterus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"Confined in its range to the forests of the plains of the Upper Amazon, the
umbrella bird ( Cephalopterus ..."
2. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"... appendage naked with a tuft of small narrow feathers at tip. (Costa Rira аи!
Panama.) Cephalopterus ... blue-black Cephalopterus ornatus. female ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"The name cephalopterus would have to be retained and the animal appears subject
to considerable variation of shade; a half-grown female before me resembling ..."
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