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Definition of Pygoscelis
1. Noun. A genus of Spheniscidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Spheniscidae, Spheniscidae
Member holonyms: Adelie, Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis Adeliae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pygoscelis
Literary usage of Pygoscelis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1872)
"4. GM., SNL 1788, 557. LATH., Ind. Orn. ii. 1790, 879. Eudyptes antárctica, GRAY,
Voy. E. and T., Birds, pi. 26. Pygoscelis antárctica, BONAP. HYATT, Proc. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1894)
"I am inclined to doubt whether Pygoscelis Antarctica should be allowed specific
rank, and would rather favour its being regarded as a variety of Pygoscelis ..."
3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1898)
"... ip 59 Pygoscelis papua, GR Gray, Lût B. pt.iii.p. 153(1844); [Falkland (1825).
... 5 (1867) Pygoscelis ..."
4. To the South Polar Regions: Expedition of 1898-1900 by Louis Charles Bernacchi (1901)
"Adelie Land Penguin* (Pygoscelis adelite): the smaller blunt- billed, ...
Ringed or Bridled Penguin (Pygoscelis Antarctic): also similar to the above, ..."
5. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1848)
"Pygoscelis brevirostris, GR Gray, Zool. Ereb. and Terr. ta Female. Ice off Louis
Phillippe Land (Antarctic Expedition).—Presented by the Admiralty. c. ..."
6. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1844)
"Presented by the Admiralty. The ANTIPODES PINGUIN. Pygoscelis antipoda. ...
Pygoscelis brevirostris, GR Gray, Zool. Ereb. and Terr. ta Female. ..."
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