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Definition of Rupicola rupicola
1. Noun. Tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest.
Exact synonyms: Cock Of The Rock
Generic synonyms: Chatterer, Cotinga
Group relationships: Genus Rupicola, Rupicola
Generic synonyms: Chatterer, Cotinga
Group relationships: Genus Rupicola, Rupicola
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rupicola Rupicola
Literary usage of Rupicola rupicola
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1917)
"Besides numbers of the more usual species, the shipments included a fine adult
male cock-of-the-rock, (Rupicola rupicola) in the full magnificence of orange ..."
2. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz by Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Görlitz (1898)
"... brevipes V. Von Herrn Geheimen Sanitätsrat Dr. : Böttcher: Rupicola rupicola L.
- - Von Herrn Dr. von Wissel: Chryso- ..."
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