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Definition of Genus Colinus
1. Noun. New World quail: the bobwhites.
Exact synonyms: Colinus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Bobwhite, Bobwhite Quail, Partridge
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Bobwhite, Bobwhite Quail, Partridge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Colinus
Literary usage of Genus Colinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"genus Colinus LESSON. Colinus LESS. Man. d'Orn. II. 1828, 190. Type, Tetrao
virginianus LINN. 289. Colinus virginianus (LINN.). Bob-white. ..."
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