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Definition of Genus Numenius

1. Noun. Curlews.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Numenius

Literary usage of Genus Numenius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Genus NUMENIUS. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. Arrive in May, and are with us till late in September. They fly in flocks of sK: twenty, ..."

2. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson (1827)
"... which is a Vulture; but it is a bird of the genus Numenius, and of the sub-genus Ibis, which has hitherto been described and figured only by Bruce, ..."

3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... Carolina to southern Brazil and central Peru; straggles to Great Britain and Helgoland. genus Numenius BRISSON. Numenius BRISSON, Orn., V, 1760, 311. ..."

4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... in the two genera are different, and are now currently referred to five different genera. genus Numenius. Numenius BRISSON, Orn., V, 1760, 311. ..."

5. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson (1827)
"... which is a Vulture; but it is a bird of the genus Numenius, and of the sub-genus Ibis, which has hitherto been described and figured only by Bruce, ..."

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