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Definition of Numenius
1. Noun. Curlews.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Curlew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Numenius
Literary usage of Numenius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"... one about the size of the Whim- brel—the Numenius hudsonicus, the other
smaller—the N. borealis, and that only in August and the beginning of September, ..."
2. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"This species is somewhat smaller than the Numenius phaeo- pus of Europe, and
moreover differs in having the rump barred and mottled instead of a pure white ..."
3. History of Liberty by Samuel Eliot (1853)
"An early member of the school is to be found in Numenius, by birth a Syrian.
He essayed to restore the doctrines of Plato to the position from which they ..."
4. The History of Ancient Philosophy by Heinrich Ritter, Alexander James William Morrison (1846)
"This was also the case with Numenius. His treatise concerning good, ...
Proceeding now from this notion of the corporeal, Numenius endeavours to demonstrate ..."
5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Numenius, Cuv.(2) The Curlews have the beak ... [NB The T. fuscus of Gm. is the
young of the T. al/ms, Id. Am. Ed.} (2) Numenius, derived from ..."
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