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Definition of Genus Parula
1. Noun. Type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Parulidae, Parulidae
Member holonyms: Northern Parula, Parula Americana, Parula Warbler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Parula
Literary usage of Genus Parula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1876)
"I have found this true of adults and young of the year. Migrates May 15th to
25th, and August 25th to October 10th. genus Parula Bonap. ..."
2. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Parula comprises the Blue Yellow-backed Warbler, P. americana, Bonap., of
North America east of the Missouri, which is four and three quarters ..."
3. A List of the Birds of the West Indies: Including the Bahama Islands, and by Charles Barney Cory (1885)
"GENUS MNIOTILTA. VARIA. (LINN.) . BAHAMAS and ANTILLES. genus Parula. AMERICANA.
(LINN.) .... BAHAMAS and GREATER ANTILLES. GENUS PROTONOTARIA. CITREA. ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus Parula comprises the Blue Yellow-backed Warbler, P. americana, Bonap., of
North America east of the Missouri, which is four and three quarters ..."
5. Expository Writing: Materials for a College Course in Exposition by Analysis by Maurice Garland Fulton (1912)
"... is clearly borrowed from the old Bonaparte genus Parula (diminutive of titmouse).
The bird (C. americana) has appeared under various titles—-"the finch ..."
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