Definition of Porzana

1. Noun. Spotted crakes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Porzana
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Rallidae, Rallidae
Member holonyms: Porzana Porzana, Spotted Crake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porzana

Portuguese cypress
Portuguese escudo
Portuguese heath
Portuguese man-of-war
Portuguese men-of-war
Portuguese monetary unit
Portugueseness
Portulaca grandiflora
Portulaca oleracea
Portulacaceae
Portunidae
Portunus
Portunus puber
Portuñol
Portwood
Porzana (current term)
Porzana porzana
Poseidon
Posh
Poshto
Post-It
Post-Zionism
Post-Zionist
Post-impressionist
Postal Rate Commission
Postimpressionist
Postmaster General
Postum
Potamogale velox

Literary usage of Porzana

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)
"Type, P. porzana (Linn.). The genus Porzana resembles ... The sexes are alike in plumage. I. THE SPOTTED CRAKE. Porzana Porzana. ..."

2. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"The form, but not the same species, also occurs in America. Sp. 573. Porzana FLUMINEA, Gould. SPOTTED WATER CRAKE. Porzana fluminea, Gould in Proc. of Zool. ..."

3. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"The flight of all the Rails is low, hesitating and difficult. Genus Porzana Vieillot. Subgenus Porzana. 214. Porzana carolina (Linn.). Sora; Carolina Rail. ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"A Late Spring Record for the Yellow Rail (Porzana noveboracensis) in Massachusetts, with Remarks on the 'Ornithological Mystery.'— On May 26. 1906. ..."

5. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"Crex porzana. i, Vieillot^. — Beak shorter than the head, slightly higher than broad at the base, compressed, tapering towards the point, nostrils linear ..."

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