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Definition of Genus Oceanites
1. Noun. A genus of Hydrobatidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Hydrobatidae, Hydrobatidae
Member holonyms: Mother Carey's Chicken, Mother Carey's Hen, Oceanites Oceanicus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Oceanites
Literary usage of Genus Oceanites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"genus Oceanites. Oceanites, Keys, und Blasius, Wirb. Eur. ii. pp. xciii. ...
Two species of the genus Oceanites are known, viz., O. oceanicus, ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"... The same condition is known to obtain in the genus Oceanites. Immature examples
of Pelecanoides ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"... our bird should be referred to Bonaparte's new genus Oceanites; but''t appears *
These authors themselves remark (p. 284) " on account of Ihe long legs, ..."
4. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"genus Oceanites. KEYS. AND BLASIUS. 69 (109) OCEANITES OCEANICUS. (Kum..)
Wilson's Petrel. Atlantic Ocean ; common off coast of United States in ..."
5. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"Genus OCEANITES Keys, and Bias. Wilson's Petrel. Dark sooty brown, pale gray on
the wing coverts; the upper tail coverts, and frequently the ..."
6. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Genus OCEANITES, Keyserling et Blasius. Two or three species of this genus are
all that are known. Modern research tends to prove that the Australian bird, ..."
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