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Definition of Saxicola
1. Noun. Old World chats.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Turdidae, Turdidae
Member holonyms: Chat, Old World Chat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saxicola
Literary usage of Saxicola
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)
"An endeavour has been made to divide them as follows: Saxicola, ... We should
distinguish from them, Saxicola ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"... and its point is curved a little, it leads to the straight beaked Shrikes.
An endeavour has been made to divide them as follows: Saxicola, ..."
3. British Song Birds: Being Popular Descriptions and Anecdotes of the by Neville Wood (1836)
"STONE CHAT, Saxicola rubicola, ... CLOSELY as the Stone Chat resembles the other
British members of the genus Saxicola, in most of its habits, ..."
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