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Definition of Pernis
1. Noun. A common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Member holonyms: Honey Buzzard, Pernis Apivorus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pernis
Literary usage of Pernis
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)
"Pernis, Cuv. (I) The Honey-Buzzards, with the weak beak of the Kites, have a very
peculiar character in the space between the eye and the beak, which, ..."
2. The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. by William Jardine (1838)
"Pernis.—Generic characters. — Bill slender, weak, bending gradually from the base
to the tip; edge of the mandible without a tooth, and very slightly ..."
3. Transactions by Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1889)
"NOTES ON A FEMALE SPECIMEN OF Pernis APIVORUS. ... regards the variations of
marking colour incident to its changes of plumage than the Honey zard (Pernis ..."
4. The Nests and Eggs of British Birds: When and where to Find Them : Being a by Charles Dixon (1894)
"The Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus] appears never to have been a very abundant
species in the British Islands, although it was certainly known by Willughby ..."
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