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Definition of Genus Acridotheres
1. Noun. Mynas.
Exact synonyms: Acridotheres
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Sturnidae, Sturnidae
Member holonyms: Acridotheres Tristis, Crested Myna
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Sturnidae, Sturnidae
Member holonyms: Acridotheres Tristis, Crested Myna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Acridotheres
Literary usage of Genus Acridotheres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1889)
"The genus Acridotheres contains the typical Mynas, one of the species being
universally distributed over the Empire, and a most familiar bird. ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1874)
"... with the skeleton of more than one species of the genus Acridotheres, to which
it offers fewer points of union than to Pastor. ..."
3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1868)
"Its habits were stated by M. Verreaux's correspondents to resemble those of the
genus Acridotheres, its food consisting of locusts, grasshoppers, ..."
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