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Definition of Genus Geococcyx
1. Noun. Roadrunners.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cuculidae, Family Cuculidae
Member holonyms: Chaparral Cock, Geococcyx Californianus, Roadrunner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Geococcyx
Literary usage of Genus Geococcyx
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)
"Monotypic, with Crotophaga ani Linn, as type. genus Geococcyx. Geococcyx WAGLER,
Isis, 1831, 524. Monotypic, with Geococcyx variegata sp. nov. ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"genus Geococcyx. 386. Geococcyx californianus (Less.). ROAD-RUNNER. Bare-space
around eye, orange and hlne; feathers of head and neck largely bristle-tipped ..."
3. Evolution of the Colors of North American Land Birds by Charles Augustus Keeler (1893)
"... a factor in the development of its present plumage, and the black may be a
form of directive marking, for the birds are gregarious. genus Geococcyx. ..."
4. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Geococcyx has the bill longer than the head, loral feathers stiff and
bristly, and the tail feathers ten. Birds of this genus live on the ground. ..."
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