Definition of Genus buceros

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Bucerotidae.

Exact synonyms: Buceros
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Bucerotidae, Family Bucerotidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Buceros

genus Broussonetia
genus Browallia
genus Browmius
genus Bruchus
genus Bruckenthalia
genus Brugmansia
genus Brunfelsia
genus Brya
genus Bryanthus
genus Bryonia
genus Bryum
genus Bubalus
genus Bubo
genus Bubulcus
genus Bucephala
genus Buceros
genus Buchloe
genus Buckleya
genus Buddleia
genus Budorcas
genus Bufo
genus Bulnesia
genus Bumelia
genus Bungarus
genus Buphthalmum
genus Burhinus
genus Burmannia
genus Burmeisteria
genus Bursera
genus Butea

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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