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Definition of Genus Burhinus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Burhinidae, Family Burhinidae
Member holonyms: Burhinus Oedicnemus, Stone Curlew, Thick-knee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Burhinus
Literary usage of Genus Burhinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"From this description Illiger founded his genus Burhinus. ... Lesson, however,
unites the two in his genus Burhinus, and in order to admit Tem- ..."
2. A List of the Genera of Birds: With Their Synonyma and an Indication of the by George Robert Gray (1841)
"From this description Illiger founded his genus Burhinus. ... Lesson, however,
unites the two in his genus Burhinus, and in order to admit Tem- ..."
3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"... statement that Illiger founded the genus Burhinus. Latham further described
his ' Great-billed Plover ' as being of the size of the ' Golden Plover ..."
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