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Definition of Genus Centropus
1. Noun. A genus of Cuculidae.
Exact synonyms: Centropus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cuculidae, Family Cuculidae
Member holonyms: Coucal
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cuculidae, Family Cuculidae
Member holonyms: Coucal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Centropus
Literary usage of Genus Centropus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"Genus CENTROPUS. On reference to my account of the Centropus Phasianus, it will
be seen I have stated that some difference occurs in specimens from ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... (to which Family the genus Centropus has been always assigned) examined by
Garrod. Nor are tho results of tho very great ..."
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