Definition of Genus Drepanis

1. Noun. A genus of Drepanididae.

Exact synonyms: Drepanis
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Drepanididae, Family Drepanididae
Member holonyms: Mamo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Drepanis

genus Doliolum
genus Dombeya
genus Doodia
genus Doronicum
genus Dorotheanthus
genus Doryopteris
genus Dovyalis
genus Draba
genus Dracaena
genus Draco
genus Dracocephalum
genus Dracontium
genus Dracula
genus Dracunculus
genus Dreissena
genus Drepanis (current term)
genus Drimys
genus Dromaius
genus Drosera
genus Drosophila
genus Drosophyllum
genus Dryadella
genus Dryas
genus Drymarchon
genus Drymoglossum
genus Drynaria
genus Dryopithecus
genus Dryopteris
genus Drypis
genus Dugong

Literary usage of Genus Drepanis

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

1. Evolution and Animal Life: An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"The next genus, Drepanis, has the sickle bill still further prolonged, forming a segment of a circle, and covering nearly fifty degrees. ..."

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