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Definition of Pedionomus
1. Noun. Plain wanderer.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Turnicidae, Turnicidae
Member holonyms: Pedionomus Torquatus, Plain Wanderer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedionomus
Literary usage of Pedionomus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1892)
"Gadow on the Structure of Pedionomus. [Notes on the Structure of ... Dr.
Gadow describes at some length the structure of Pedionomus—au obscure Australian ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Gould Coll. Mokai, Australia. Gould Coll. 2. Pedionomus. Type. ... Wales, Victoria,
S.Australia, and Interior. 1. Pedionomus torquatus. the ..."
3. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Genus Pedionomus, Gould. Allied to Turnix, but differing in having a small hind-toe.
... Pedionomus torquatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., part viii. p. ..."
4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"Mr. Gould proposed to make it the type of a new genus, with the following
appellation and characters :— Genus Pedionomus. Gen. Char. ..."
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