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Definition of Chlamydera
1. Noun. A genus of Ptilonorhynchidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Ptilonorhynchidae, Ptilonorhynchidae
Member holonyms: Chlamydera Nuchalis, Great Bowerbird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlamydera
Literary usage of Chlamydera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"chlamydera maculata, Gould Vol. IV. PI. 8. Inhabits South Australia, New South
Wales, and according to Mr. Gilbert's Journal of his overland journey to Port ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"... but still larger, by the chlamydera macu- lata. These constructions, Mr.
Gould states, are perfectly anomalous in the architecture of birds, ..."
3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1840)
"... but still larger, by the chlamydera macu- lata. These constructions, Mr.
Gould states, are perfectly anomalous in the architecture of birds, ..."
4. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of by William Somerville Orr (1855)
""like an earth worm"), a species of lizard, 118. Chiru antelope, 442. chlamydera (Gr.
chlamys a cloak, and dere the neck), a genus of starlings, 259. ..."
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