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Definition of Contopus
1. Noun. Pewees.
Exact synonyms: Genus Contopus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Superfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae
Member holonyms: Contopus Virens, Peewee, Peewit, Pewee, Pewit, Wood Pewee
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Superfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae
Member holonyms: Contopus Virens, Peewee, Peewit, Pewee, Pewit, Wood Pewee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contopus
Literary usage of Contopus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1888)
"Contopus brachyrhynchus, Cab. J. f. O. 1883, p. 214. Description.—Above cinereous,
lores whitish ; wings and tail blackish, with slight whitish edgings to ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1888)
"480 (Cuba) ; Gundl. JfO 1801, p. 328, et 1872, p. 420. Contopus ... Contopus
hispaniolensis, Cory, B. Haiti and San Domingo, ..."
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