Definition of Genus Amazona

1. Noun. A genus of Psittacidae.

Exact synonyms: Amazona
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Psittacidae, Psittacidae
Member holonyms: Amazon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amazona

genus Alosa
genus Alouatta
genus Alpinia
genus Alsobia
genus Alsophila
genus Alstonia
genus Alstroemeria
genus Alternanthera
genus Althaea
genus Alyssum
genus Alytes
genus Amanita
genus Amaranthus
genus Amaryllis
genus Amauropelta
genus Amazona (current term)
genus Amberboa
genus Ambloplites
genus Amblyrhynchus
genus Ambrosia
genus Ambystoma
genus Ameiurus
genus Amelanchier
genus Amia
genus Amianthum
genus Ammobium
genus Ammodytes
genus Ammotragus
genus Amoeba
genus Amorpha

Literary usage of Genus Amazona

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Although larger and stronger than parrots, they appear to be even more attached to the mainland than are they: whereas species of the genus Amazona are ..."

2. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1916)
"Mag., п. в., i, no. 6, June, 1827, 438 (purchased in city of Mexico; coll. Bullock). Genus AMAZONA Lesson. Amazona LESSON, Traité d' Orn., 1831, 189. ..."

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