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Definition of Burhinus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Burhinidae, Family Burhinidae
Member holonyms: Burhinus Oedicnemus, Stone Curlew, Thick-knee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burhinus
Literary usage of Burhinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"387, can be correctly quoted as the type of burhinus, 111. Latham described a
bird under the ... From this description Illiger founded his genus burhinus. ..."
2. A List of the Genera of Birds: With Their Synonyma and an Indication of the by George Robert Gray (1841)
"387, can be correctly quoted as the type of burhinus, 111. Latham described a
bird under the ... From this description Illiger founded his genus burhinus. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Range. The same as that of the single species. 1. burhinus ... It is on this
statement that Illiger founded the genus burhinus. Latham further described his ..."
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