Lexic.us

Definition of Genus Pedionomus

1. Noun. Plain wanderer.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pedionomus

Literary usage of Genus Pedionomus

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

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"Mr. Gould proposed to make it the type of a new genus, with the following appellation and characters :— Genus PEDIONOMUS. Gen. Char. ..."

2. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Genus PEDIONOMUS, Gould. Allied to Turnix, but differing in having a small hind-toe. A single species only of this curious form has yet been discovered. ..."

3. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"The genus Pedionomus of Gould, differs in possessing a hind toe, and is placed by Bonaparte among his ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1840)
"Mr. Gould proposed to make it the type of a new genus, with the following appellation and characters : Genus PEDIONOMUS. Gen. Char. ..."

5. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"Genus PEDIONOMUS. Bill nearly as long as the head, straight, compressed towards the tip; nostrils basal, placed in a groove, and protected by an operculum ..."

6. The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of India: Being Descriptions of All the Species by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"( The genus Pedionomus of Could, differs in possessing a hind toe, and is placed by Bonaparte among his ..."

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