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Definition of Genus Colaptes
1. Noun. A genus of Picidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Picidae, Picidae
Member holonyms: Flicker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Colaptes
Literary usage of Genus Colaptes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"2 species, C. carolinensis Wils. and C. brachypterus, sp. nov., the latter a
women nudum. Monotypic, with Picus carolinus Linn, as type. genus Colaptes. ..."
2. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"But it is necessary to distinguish the various species which compose the genus
Colaptes, and so each species is given a name which is composed of two words, ..."
3. The Animals and Man: An Elementary Textbook of Zoology and Human Physiology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Mary Isabel McCracken (1911)
"But it is necessary to distinguish the various species which compose the genus
Colaptes, and so each species is given a name which is composed of two words, ..."
4. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, and south through Lower California and
western Mexico to Tepic. genus Colaptes VIGORS. Colaptes VIGORS, Trans. ..."
5. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"... noticed gathering up hibernating insects from beneath the weather-boards.
Is more beneficial than the smaller species. Genus COLAPTES. Colaptes miratus. ..."
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