Definition of Heteroscelus

1. Noun. Tattlers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Heteroscelus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Heteroscelus Incanus, Polynesian Tattler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heteroscelus

Hesychasts
Hesychian
Heterakis
Heteranthera
Heteranthera dubia
Heterobasidiomycetes
Heterodon
Heterodoxus spiniger
Heterokontae
Heterokontophyta
Heteromeles
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Heteromyidae
Heterophyes
Heteropoda
Heteroscelus (current term)
Heteroscelus incanus
Heterosomata
Heterostraci
Heterotheca
Heterotheca villosa
Heterotrichales
Hettie
Heubner's arteritis
Heuchera
Heuchera americana
Heuchera cylindrica
Heuchera sanguinea
Heuser's membrane

Literary usage of Heteroscelus

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

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Explor. and Surv. RR Pac., IX, 1858, p. 734; type by monotypy, Totanus brevipes Vieillot); since Heteroscelus Baird 1858 is not invalidated by Hetero- ..."

2. Bulletin by United States National Museum (1919)
"Heteroscelus incanus brevipes Mathews, Birds Austral., iii, pt. ... Totanus incanus (not Scolopax incana Gmelin) and Heteroscelus incanus of numerous ..."

3. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"Genus Heteroscelus Baird. Wandering Tattler, Bill straight, stout, compressed, grooved about § its length, gape reaching beyond base of ..."

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