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Definition of Pagophila
1. Noun. A genus of Laridae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Laridae, Laridae
Member holonyms: Ivory Gull, Pagophila Eburnea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pagophila
Literary usage of Pagophila
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"The genus Pagophila is characterised by the square tail, the hind- toe joined to the
... The genus is represented by a single species, Pagophila eburnea, ..."
2. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by George Robert Gray, James Francis Stephens, Adam White, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"Yarmouth. Young. e. Sternum. England. Presented by John Ray, Esq. d. Hills of
Hoy, Orkney. Adult. From Mr. J. Baker's collection. 6. Pagophila. Pagophila ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"39) to supersede the established generic name Pagophila by the derelict term ...
Pagophila Kaup, 1829, is thus in order as the tenable generic name of the ..."
4. Bulletin by United States National Museum (1919)
"FORBES and ROBINSON, Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, no. 2, 1899, 58 (Melville Island;
Wellington Channel, Spitzbergen). [Larus (Pagophila)] eburneus ..."
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