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Definition of Genus anoa
1. Noun. A genus of mammals of the family Bovidae.
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Anoa, Anoa Depressicornis, Dwarf Buffalo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Anoa
Literary usage of Genus anoa
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 (1827)
"... which resides in some of the great islands of the Indian Archipelago, and our
sub-genus Anoa, may ultimately unite with or osculate with ..."
2. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"A horn of a Chamois. Polished. Hunterian. Mus. Brit. Mus. Brit. Mus. Brit. I 1014.
A horn of the Caucasian Chamois. From Northern Tartary. Sub-Genus ANOA. ..."
3. Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia by Charles Knight (1849)
"... market with their own produce, which constitutes to the utmost verge of Tartary
a most material article of commerce." Genus ANOA :— THB AHOA (Anoa ..."