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Definition of Courlan
1. Noun. Wading bird of South America and Central America.
Generic synonyms: Wader, Wading Bird
Group relationships: Gruiformes, Order Gruiformes
Definition of Courlan
1. n. A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails.
Definition of Courlan
1. Noun. limpkin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Courlan
1. a wading bird [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Courlan
Literary usage of Courlan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1818)
"... Festival of the courlan Bairam. had a fall of snow during this winter at
Constantinople, but it was very transitory. The temperature of the season will ..."
2. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1889)
"This beak is a most effective instrument in opening shells ; for where mollusks
abound the courlan subsists exclusively on them, so that the margins of the ..."
3. The Natural History of Secession; Or, Despotism and Democracy at Necessary by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"It includes the Gruidae or Crane Family, Aramidae or courlan Family, Ardeidae or
Heron ... The Genus Aramus is represented by the courlan, or Crying Bird, ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"ARAMID/E, OR courlan FAMILY. — This Family comprises birds which have the head
feathered ... The Genus Aramus is represented by the courlan, or Crying Bird, ..."
5. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"The North American courlan or crying- bird (A. ... The South American courlan (A.
scolopaceus) is larger. courland, or KURLAND, a Russian government, ..."
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