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Definition of Genus alauda
1. Noun. Type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Alaudidae, Family Alaudidae
Member holonyms: Alauda Arvensis, Skylark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Alauda
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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