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Definition of Erolia
1. Noun. A genus of Scolopacidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Erolia Minutilla, Least Sandpiper, Stint, Dunlin, Erolia Alpina, Red-backed Sandpiper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erolia
Literary usage of Erolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"2, 1899, 73 (Port Etolin, Alaska). Tringa crassirostris (not of Temminck and
Schlegel) BOGDANOW, Consp. Av. Ross., i, 1884, 88. Genus Erolia Vieillot. ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"Erolia ... Erolia acuminata (Horsford) Three adults, male and two females, all
in spring plumage ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"US Nat. Mus., No. 50, VIII, June 26, 1919, p. 266.) *Erolia ferruginea ...
(Gray) - Erolia ferruginea (Brünnich). (Cf. Ridgway, Bull. US Nat. Mus., No. ..."
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