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Definition of Genus-Milvus
1. Noun. A genus including the common European kits.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus-Milvus
Literary usage of Genus-Milvus
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)
"Genus MILVUS. Asia is the great stronghold of the Kites or restricted genus
Milvus; a few species occur in Europe, Africa, and the Indian Islands, ..."
2. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"Genus MILVUS, Cuvier, 1800. The true Kites belong to the present genus, and are
all birds of moderate size, with a long forked tail. ..."
3. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"... chiefly round the larger end, with hazel- brown, chestnut, or rich madder-brown
THE TRUE KITES. GENUS MILVUS. Milvus, Cuvier, Leg. Anat. Comp. i. ..."
4. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Inhabits ludia and Malay countries : extremely common. Genus MILVUS, Cuvier. M.
aler. бум. Falco »ter et F. austríacas, ..."