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Definition of Atherurus
1. Noun. A genus of Hystricidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Hystricidae, Hystricidae
Member holonyms: Brush-tail Porcupine, Brush-tailed Porcupine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atherurus
Literary usage of Atherurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. Genus atherurus. ... 4, November
6, 190* = atherurus zygomaticus Miller. See Lyon, Proc. Ü. S. Nat. ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1906)
"This species is nearly related to atherurus macrourus (Linn. ... It more nearly
agrees in size with the insular atherurus zygomaticus Miller, from Pulo Aor, ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"atherurus, Cuv. Where neither the head nor muzzle is inflated, and in which we
observe a long non-prehensile tail; the toes are like those of the true ..."
4. The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the by Thomas Warton (1840)
"... nus (atherurus, v. 268); and hence the long catalogue of craters, tripods, &c.
so common in the furniture of ancient ..."
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