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Definition of Diomedea exulans

1. Noun. Very large albatross; white with wide black wings.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diomedea Exulans

Literary usage of Diomedea exulans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"The two or three species known of this form frequent the seas on both sides of the equator. Sp. 617. Diomedea exulans, Linn. WANDERING ALBATROS. ..."

2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... them by other names, for instance Diomedea exulans, Linn. is the wandering albatross. D. spadicea, ig the green-bill or Nelly of sailors. ..."

3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Diomedea exulans LINN.EUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, Good Hope region.) Diomedea exulans LINN.EUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 132. (Cape of Good Hope region. ..."

4. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1896)
"Diomedea exulans. The Man of War Bird, Albin, Birds, iii. p. 76, pi. ... Diomedea exulans, Linn. Syst. Nat. ip 214 (1766) ; Gm. Syst. Hut. ..."

5. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Diomedea exulans. 1393. The skull of an Albatross. Diomedea exulans. 1394. ... Diomedea exulans. Presented by Sir William Blizard. 1811. 1396. ..."

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