Definition of Bombycilla

1. Noun. Waxwings.

Exact synonyms: Genus Bombycilla
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Bombycillidae, Family Bombycillidae
Member holonyms: Waxwing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombycilla

Bombay ceiba
Bombay duck
Bombay hemp
Bombay mix
Bombay phenomenon
Bombay trait
Bombayite
Bombayites
Bombays
Bomber Harris
Bombina
Bombina bombina
Bombs
Bombus
Bombycidae
Bombycilla
Bombycilla cedrorun
Bombycilla garrulus
Bombycillidae
Bombyliidae
Bombyx mori
Bon Gula
Bonacker
Bonackers
Bonaire
Bonaparte
Bonapartean
Bonapartism
Bonapartist
Bonapartists

Literary usage of Bombycilla

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)
"I, vii, 1; bombycilla carolinensis, Wils.; Bomb, cedrorum, Vieill., Gal. 118; Vaill., Ois. de Par., I, pi. 50. There is also one in Japan, ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"Similar to bombycilla garrula garrula, but paler and somewhat less vinaceous ... Birds of this species from northeastern Asia differ from bombycilla garrula ..."

3. Birds of the Colorado Valley ...: Scientific and Popular Information by Elliott Coues (1878)
"< Zoologist, viii. 1850, p. 2766. 1850. ELLMAN, JB Occurrence of the Waxwing [bombycilla ... MATTHEWS, A. Occurrence of the Waxwing [bombycilla ..."

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