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Definition of Genus buceros
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Bucerotidae.
Exact synonyms: Buceros
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Bucerotidae, Family Bucerotidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Bucerotidae, Family Bucerotidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Buceros
Literary usage of Genus buceros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"The principal genus buceros is characterized by an enormous bill, long, broad,
curved, surmounted by helmet- like prominences of various sizes and shapes, ..."
2. Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to by Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray (1833)
"... the species of the genus Buceros, commonly called hornbills. These occur also
in Celebes and the Philippine Islands, but many species are peculiar to ..."
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