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Definition of Genus Todus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Todidae.
Exact synonyms: Todus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Todidae, Todidae
Member holonyms: Tody
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Todidae, Todidae
Member holonyms: Tody
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Todus
Literary usage of Genus Todus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural Arrangement and Relations of the Family of Flycatchers, Or by William Swainson (1838)
"We thus perceive that the genus Todus is precisely of the same rank as that of
Parus, and that the pre-eminent typical division, or sub-genus, of each, ..."
2. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1840)
"... subgenera are distinguished; while the species, which are exceedingly numerous,
with the exception of the genus Todus, are only found in the Old World. ..."
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