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Definition of Genus Anastomus
1. Noun. Openbills.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Ciconiidae, Family Ciconiidae
Member holonyms: Openbill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Anastomus
Literary usage of Genus Anastomus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most Remote by Hugh Murray, James Wilson, Robert Kaye Greville, Robert Jameson, Whitelaw Ainslie, William Rhind, William Wallace, Clarence Dalrymple (1832)
"The genus Anastomus, of which the Pondicherry and Coromandel herons of Latham
may serve as examples, is peculiar to the ..."
2. A familiar history of birds: Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts by Edward Stanley (1880)
"Of the fifth genus, Anastomus, or Open-Beaks, little is known, except that their
habits and food are similar to those of the preceding genera. ..."
3. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"... genus, Anastomus. It is said to build on trees, rarely on rocks, and to lay
two white eggs. This bird is classed by Bonaparte as restricted Mycteria, ..."
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