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Definition of Bucephala
1. Noun. Buffleheads and goldeneyes.
Exact synonyms: Genus Bucephala
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Anatidae, Family Anatidae
Member holonyms: Bucephela Albeola, Bufflehead, Butterball, Dipper, Bucephela Clangula, Goldeneye, Whistler
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Anatidae, Family Anatidae
Member holonyms: Bucephela Albeola, Bufflehead, Butterball, Dipper, Bucephela Clangula, Goldeneye, Whistler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bucephala
Literary usage of Bucephala
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1901)
"... bucephala.—As no previous record has been made in this country of ...
fragilis having been bred from P. bucephala, I think it is worth mentioning, ..."
2. Index animalium: sive, Index nominum quae ab A.D. MDCCLVIII generibus et by Charles Davies Sherborn (1902)
"AG Olivier, Ency. Méth. V (Ins.) 1790, 153.—Scarabaeus. bucephalus
Cryptocephalus (Schall.), JC Fabricius, Mant. I. 1787, 82.—Chrysomela. bucephala ..."