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Definition of Genus Pachycephala
1. Noun. Arboreal insectivorous birds.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae
Member holonyms: Thickhead, Whistler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pachycephala
Literary usage of Genus Pachycephala
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"Genus PACHYCEPHALA. The Pachycephala gutturalis may be regarded as the type of
this group of birds, which is peculiarly Australian, and comprises many ..."
2. Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland by Hugh Edwin Strickland, William Jardine (1858)
""The discovery of a bird of the Australian genus Pachycephala, so far to the
north as Amboina, is a very interesting circumstance; the more so, ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Thickhead, n. the name applied to the Australian birds of the genus Pachycephala (qv).
They are often called Thrushes. The species are— The Banded ..."
4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"The uncharacterized group above alluded to was afterwards formed into the genus
Pachycephala, Sw. Mr. Swainson (Classification of Bird*) enters among U:c ..."
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