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Definition of Genus Podiceps

1. Noun. Type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Podiceps

Literary usage of Genus Podiceps

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

1. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Genus PODICEPS, Latham. The Great Crested Grebe of Europe and the Great Tippet- Grebe of Australia are both typical members of the genus Podiceps, ..."

2. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"The other characters and the modes of life of these birds, will be found in the account given, in the next pages, of the genus Podiceps. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"Of the skeleton of the foot in H. regalis, Marsh wrote that the feet of " Hesperornis resembled more closely those of the genus Podiceps than of any other ..."

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... compounds must be in accordance with its derivation. from the genus Podiceps under the name ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... it* further compounds must be in accordance with its derivation. from the genus Podiceps under the name ..."

6. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Met with only during the depths of winter. Hare seen bat CL adult specimen killed in the state. Genus PODICEPS. ..."

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