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Definition of Genus Spheniscus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Spheniscidae, Spheniscidae
Member holonyms: Jackass Penguin, Spheniscus Demersus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Spheniscus
Literary usage of Genus Spheniscus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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)
"... the furrow from the nostril terminates obliquely, at the lower third of the edge.
The genus Spheniscus of Temminck. Tlie Crested Penguin, Lath. ..."
2. Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1892)
"Another species of the same genus (Spheniscus minor) breeds in neat holes burrowed
in sandbanks, at New Zealand.t On the beach are large banks of seaweed, ..."
3. Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger": being an account of various by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1879)
"Another species of the same genus (Spheniscus minor), breeds in neat holes burrowed
in sandbanks, at New Zealand.t On the beach are large banks of seaweed, ..."
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