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Definition of Genus Alcedo
1. Noun. Type genus of the Alcedinidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Alcedinidae, Family Alcedinidae
Member holonyms: Alcedo Atthis, Eurasian Kingfisher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Alcedo
Literary usage of Genus Alcedo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Genus Halcyon, Swainson, including Dacelo, Leach ; Halcyon, Swainson ; Syma,
Lesson ; Todiramphus, Lesson; and Ceyx, Lacépède.— genus Alcedo ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Nomenclatural Remarks on the genus Alcedo Linn. By A. Laubmann. (Continued.)
Wasp Enemies Among Birds. By E. Hesse. Ornithologische Monatsberichte. Vol. ..."
3. An Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain by JOHN. GOULD (1873)
"Fish appears to be the chief food of the members of the restricted genus Alcedo,
of which our well-known Kingfisher is the type. Genus ALCEDO. 57. ..."
4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... Linnaeus's genus Alcedo contained, at 1758, both Kingfishers and Todies; at
1766 the Todies were removed and the Jacamars added, so that Alcedo, ..."
5. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1839)
"... originally included in the genus Alcedo by that great master of natural
affinities, Linneus, on account of the identity of the general structure and ..."
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