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Definition of Genus Alca
1. Noun. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Alcidae, Family Alcidae
Member holonyms: Alca Torda, Razor-billed Auk, Razorbill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Alca
Literary usage of Genus Alca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"The genus Alca, as framed by Linnaeus in 1758, included both torda and im- pmmi ;
and when restricted, by the generic separation of these two types, ..."
2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1889)
"genus Alca. 32. A. torda. Razor-billed Auk. Genus I'lautus. 33. ... Upon the
authority of Coues, the external characters of the genus Alca torda are as ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"The genus Alca, as restricted by Cuvier and others, contains only two ... But even
the two known species of the restricted genus Alca differ from one ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The genus Alca, as restricted by Cuvier and others, contains only two ... But even
the two known species of the restricted genus Alca differ from one ..."
5. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"... genus alca, and to many of the species of which, now ranked in other genera,
... is the only other species now commonly included in the genus alca. ..."
6. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"The genus Alca, as restricted by Cuvier and others, contains only two species,
distinguished from the Puffins (qv), which also belong to this family, ..."
7. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"Genus ALCA.—(Lin:) Sub-Genus FRATERCULA.—(Briss.-) 1376. The skull of the Puffin
Auk. Mus. ... Sub-Genus ALCA. 1378. The skull of the Razor-billed Auk. ..."
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