Definition of Genus Centrocercus

1. Noun. Sage grouse.

Exact synonyms: Centrocercus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae
Member holonyms: Centrocercus Urophasianus, Sage Grouse, Sage Hen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Centrocercus

genus Caulophyllum
genus Cavia
genus Cebuella
genus Cebus
genus Cecropia
genus Cedrela
genus Cedrus
genus Ceiba
genus Celastrus
genus Celosia
genus Celtis
genus Cenchrus
genus Centaurea
genus Centaurium
genus Centranthus
genus Centrocercus (current term)
genus Centrolobium
genus Centropomus
genus Centropristis
genus Centropus
genus Centrosema
genus Centunculus
genus Cephalanthera
genus Cephalopterus
genus Cephalotaxus
genus Cephalotus
genus Cepphus
genus Cerapteryx
genus Cerastes
genus Cerastium

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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