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Definition of Cursorius
1. Noun. Coursers.
Exact synonyms: Genus Cursorius
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Glareolidae, Glareolidae
Member holonyms: Cream-colored Courser, Cursorius Cursor
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Glareolidae, Glareolidae
Member holonyms: Cream-colored Courser, Cursorius Cursor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cursorius
Literary usage of Cursorius
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)
"Gal. 230; Quoy and Gaymard, Voy. de Freycinet, pi. xxxiv. It is impossible to
avoid placing near the Plovers and Oyster- catchers, the . i Cursorius, Lac. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Z2 (1894: Cursorius temmincki, Shelley, B. África, ip 194 (1896). ... Seebohm C
oll Cursorius gracilis, Reichen. Vög. deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 33 (1394). ..."