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Definition of Genus Mimus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Mimidae, Mimidae
Member holonyms: Mimus Polyglotktos, Mocker, Mockingbird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mimus
Literary usage of Genus Mimus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"The restricted genus mimus has the bill shorter than the head, slightly curved
from the base, and notched at the tip; the gape furnished with bristles ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"Monotypic, with Orpheus montanus Townsend as type. genus Mimus Mimus BOIE, Isis,
1826, 972. Monotypic, with Turdus polyglottos Linn, as type. ..."
3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... to northern Mexico (Chihuahua and Tamaulipas), and Cape San Lucas, and casually
to Guadalupe Island. genus Mimus BOIE. Mimus BOIE, Isis, XIX, 1826, 972. ..."
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