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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mycteria

genus Musa
genus Musca
genus Muscardinus
genus Muscari
genus Muscicapa
genus Muscivora
genus Musophaga
genus Mustela
genus Mustelus
genus Mutinus
genus Mutisia
genus Mya
genus Myadestes
genus Mycobacterium
genus Mycoplasma
genus Mycteria (current term)
genus Mycteroperca
genus Mylodon
genus Myocastor
genus Myopus
genus Myosotis
genus Myotis
genus Myrciaria
genus Myrica
genus Myricaria
genus Myriophyllum
genus Myristica
genus Myrmecia
genus Myrmecobius
genus Myrmecophaga

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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