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Definition of Genus Melopsittacus
1. Noun. A genus of Psittacidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Psittacidae, Psittacidae
Member holonyms: Budgereegah, Budgerigar, Budgerygah, Budgie, Grass Parakeet, Lovebird, Melopsittacus Undulatus, Shell Parakeet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Melopsittacus
Literary usage of Genus Melopsittacus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"Genus MELOPSITTACUS. Generic characters. Bill moderate; culmen arched; tomia
descending at the base, then ascending and curving downwards to the tip ..."
2. Excelsior by James Hamilton (1854)
"A pleasant and peculiar kind, called the warbling grass- parrakeet, forms of
itself the genus Melopsittacus, species undulatus, pre-eminent among many fair ..."
3. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1916)
"... covered (overlaid) by feathers of the cheeks, this genus presenta a remarkable
general resemblance to the Australian genus Melopsittacus (Subfamily ..."
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