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Definition of Psophia
1. Noun. Type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Psophiidae, Psophiidae
Member holonyms: Trumpeter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psophia
Literary usage of Psophia
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)
"At the head of this genus we place with Pal- las,(l) Psophia, Lin., ... The species
best known is from South America, and is called the Trumpeter,(Psophia ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"At the head of this genus we place with Pal- Psophia, Lin., Or the Trumpeters,
... Psophia is a name coined by Barrere from ¥c<f 10, to make a noise. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1894)
"Hist. Birds, p. 123 ; Sharpe, Classif. B. p. 74.) Psophia, Linn. Syst. ...
Psophia*. ^ Mange. Confined to South America. Key to tlie Species. a. ..."
4. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"Thus, Psophia crepitans inhabits the interior of Guiana as far as the south bank
of the Bio Negro; on the opposite or north bank of the Eio ..."
5. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... Psophia crepitans inhabits the interior of Guiana as far as the south bank of
the Rio Negro; on the opposite or north bank of the Rio Negro ..."
6. List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British by British Museum (Natural History), George Robert Gray, Adam White, James Francis Stephens, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"Psophia CREPITANS. The Gold-breasted Trumpeter. An. p. 185 ; Eyton, Cat. Brit.
... Grus psophia, Pall. Spic. iv. t. 1. The Golden-breasted Trumpeter, Mont. ..."
7. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1890)
"The lachrymal bone in Psophia is large and its descending process is club-shaped
and swollen ; it nearly conies into contact with the rather thick ..."
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