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Definition of Genus Centrocercus
1. Noun. Sage grouse.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae
Member holonyms: Centrocercus Urophasianus, Sage Grouse, Sage Hen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Centrocercus
Literary usage of Genus Centrocercus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Upland Game Birds by Edwyn Sandys, Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1902)
"genus Centrocercus — No crest; air-sacs very large; tail very long, of narrow,
stiff feathers ; male much larger than female. The cock-of-the-plains ..."
2. Upland Game Birds by Edwyn Sandys, Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1902)
"... genus Centrocercus — No crest; air-sacs very large; tail very long, of narrow,
stiff feathers; male much larger than female. The cock-of-the-plains ..."
3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Centrocercus has the lower throat and sides with stiffened spinous
feathers, the tail excessively lengthened, and cuneate. ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The genus Centrocercus has the lower throat and sides with stiffened spinous
feathers, the tail excessively lengthened, and cuneate. ..."
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