Definition of Genus alauda

1. Noun. Type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks.

Exact synonyms: Alauda
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Alaudidae, Family Alaudidae
Member holonyms: Alauda Arvensis, Skylark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Alauda

genus Aglaomorpha
genus Aglaonema
genus Agonus
genus Agrimonia
genus Agriocharis
genus Agrobacterium
genus Agropyron
genus Agrostemma
genus Agrostis
genus Ailanthus
genus Ailuropoda
genus Ailurus
genus Aix
genus Ajaia
genus Ajuga
genus Alauda
genus Albatrellus
genus Albizia
genus Albizzia
genus Albuca
genus Albugo
genus Albula
genus Alca
genus Alcea
genus Alcedo
genus Alcelaphus
genus Alces
genus Aldrovanda
genus Alectis
genus Alectoria

Literary usage of Genus alauda

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

1. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"... and a marked affinity to the true Larks (genus Alauda), which, from their habits and structure, become a constituent group of the Fringillidae, ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"E. genus alauda. Alauda LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., I. ed. 10, 1758, 165. 9 species, representing 6 modern genera. 1. arvensis. 2. pratensis, congeneric with No. ..."

3. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"295) Genus ALAUDA Linnaeus. Alauda LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 165. (Type, by elimination, A. arvensis LINNAEUS.) Brownish, profusely streaked ..."

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