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Definition of Genus Ceryle

1. Noun. A genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ceryle

Literary usage of Genus Ceryle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"The best known species of the genus Ceryle is probably the Black-and-White Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis), which is a frequent object of interest to the ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"genus Ceryle. 5 congeneric species, separated into several modern subgenera. 1. rudis. 2. amazona, a species of Chloroceryle Kaup, 1848. ..."

3. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"Genus CERYLE, Boie, 1828. Bill long, compressed; culmen slightly curved, flattened or rounded above, with a groove on each side. ..."

4. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Semi- nocturnal. Their food consists exclusively of insects. Strictly inoffensive. FAMILY ALCEDINIDAE. " King-fishers." Genus CERYLE. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... but only one genus, Ceryle, is found in America, and that extends as well over a great part of the Old World, though not into the Australian Region, ..."

6. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"Resident, frequent along streams ; piscivorous ; feeds on fish and a few water insects. 30. genus Ceryle, (Boie, 1828. ..."

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