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Definition of Genus Mycteria
1. Noun. A genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis.
Exact synonyms: Mycteria
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Ciconiidae, Family Ciconiidae
Member holonyms: Flinthead, Mycteria Americana, Wood Ibis, Wood Stork
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Ciconiidae, Family Ciconiidae
Member holonyms: Flinthead, Mycteria Americana, Wood Ibis, Wood Stork
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mycteria
Literary usage of Genus Mycteria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"genus Mycteria. [189.] Mycteria americana Linn. JABIRU. Size of a large crane ;
legs long, bill enormous and inclined upwards at tip. ..."
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