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Definition of Genus Elanoides
1. Noun. A genus of kites.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Member holonyms: Elanoides Forficatus, Swallow-tailed Hawk, Swallow-tailed Kite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Elanoides
Literary usage of Genus Elanoides
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)
"E. genus Elanoides. Elanoides VIEILLOT, Nouv. Diet, d'Hist. Nat., XXIV, 1818, 101.
Monotypic, with "Les Milans de la Caroline et du Paraguay" = Falco ..."
2. Bulletin by Iowa Geological Survey, University of Texas Mineral Survey (1918)
"genus Elanoides Vieillot. 2. ELANOIDES FORFICATUS (Linn.). 327. Swallow-tailed Kite.
Field Characters.—A long-winged, fork-tailed, black and white Hawk, ..."
3. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"genus Elanoides. Elanoides, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxiv. p. 101 (1818).
Type, E. furcatus (L.). These birds, like the Eagles, have the feet bare, ..."
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