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Definition of Chordeiles
1. Noun. A genus of Caprimulgidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Caprimulgidae, Family Caprimulgidae
Member holonyms: Bullbat, Mosquito Hawk, Nighthawk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chordeiles
Literary usage of Chordeiles
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)
"240 (4203) Chordeiles virginianus henryi (Cassin) Coues. WESTERN NIGHTHAWK.
STATUS—Fairly common summer visitant to the desert regions southeast of the ..."
2. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"Chordeiles texensis LAWR. Ann. Lye. NY VI. Dec 1856, 167. [B 116, C 268, R 358,
C 402.] HAB. Southern border of the United States, from Texas to California ..."
3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"Mr. FE Beddard * in 1886, quoting a manuscript note left by Professor Garrod,
stated that the genus Chordeiles possesses no gall bladder. ..."
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