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Definition of Genus Furnarius
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Furnariidae, Furnariidae
Member holonyms: Ovenbird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Furnarius
Literary usage of Genus Furnarius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"The genus Furnarius contains several species, all small birds, living on the
ground, and inhabiting open dry countries. In structure they cannot be compared ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"Upon what grounds, therefore, it is placed by the continuator of Shaw's Zoology (in
which work our original figure is copied) in the genus Furnarius, ..."
3. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"... Genus FURNARIUS. 421. Furnarius rufus (Gm.). Red Oven-bird. Hah. Buenos Ayres.
«. Purchased, Oct. ou, 1873. ..."
4. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"In the typical genus furnarius (Vie'ill.) the bill is moderate, slender, and
slightly curved ; wings and tail moderate, and tarsi long. ..."
5. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"As it ought to be, the genus Furnarius should only contain the three species
indicated by D'Azara, and that which we add under the name of ..."
6. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"The genus Furnarius contains several species, all small birds, living on the
ground, and inhabiting open dry countries. In structure they cannot be compared ..."
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