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Definition of Lobipes
1. Noun. A genus of Phalaropidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phalaropidae, Phalaropidae
Member holonyms: Lobipes Lobatus, Northern Phalarope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobipes
Literary usage of Lobipes
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)
"(l) The Lobipes, Cuv.(2) We think requires to be separated from Phalaropus,
because although the feet are similar, the bill is that of a Tetanus; ..."
2. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine (1832)
"Following the arrangement of Cuvier, I have retained Lobipes for those of slender
make, and Phalaropus for that of this country, and only one yet discovered ..."
3. Love's Meinie: Lectures on Greek and English Birds by John Ruskin (1881)
"At the last moment, I find this sentence in Gould's introduction : " The generic
terms Phalaropus and Lobipes have been instituted for the fairy-like ..."
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