Definition of Genus Pipra

1. Noun. Type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins.

Exact synonyms: Pipra
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Pipridae, Pipridae
Member holonyms: Manakin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pipra

genus Pimenta
genus Pimpinella
genus Pinckneya
genus Pinctada
genus Pineus
genus Pinguicula
genus Pinguinus
genus Pinicola
genus Pinnotheres
genus Pinus
genus Pipa
genus Piper
genus Pipile
genus Pipilo
genus Pipistrellus
genus Pipra (current term)
genus Piptadenia
genus Pipturus
genus Piqueria
genus Piranga
genus Piroplasma
genus Pisanosaurus
genus Piscidia
genus Pisonia
genus Pistacia
genus Pistia
genus Pisum
genus Pithecanthropus
genus Pithecellobium
genus Pithecia

Literary usage of Genus Pipra

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

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"Enl. 391, fig. 1. Motacilla cristata, Gm., Syst. Nat. ip 972, (1788.) 115. Genus PIPRA. 14. Pipra rubra, Müller, Syst. Nat. Snpp. p. 177, (1776.) Buff., PI. ..."

2. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"Of the genus Pipra one: the blue and yellow manakin, not common in Yucatan. Of the genus Tanagra were procured two species, one of which is the red-crested ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"Temminck and Illiger have placed in this genus Pipra Albifrons, which Cuvier treats as a Lanius and T. Auritus and Pipra N<evia, the latter forming the ..."

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