Definition of Genus cephalopterus

1. Noun. A genus of Cotingidae.

Exact synonyms: Cephalopterus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cotingidae, Family Cotingidae
Member holonyms: Cephalopterus Ornatus, Umbrella Bird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cephalopterus

genus Celastrus
genus Celosia
genus Celtis
genus Cenchrus
genus Centaurea
genus Centaurium
genus Centranthus
genus Centrocercus
genus Centrolobium
genus Centropomus
genus Centropristis
genus Centropus
genus Centrosema
genus Centunculus
genus Cephalanthera
genus Cephalopterus
genus Cephalotaxus
genus Cephalotus
genus Cepphus
genus Cerapteryx
genus Cerastes
genus Cerastium
genus Ceratitis
genus Ceratodus
genus Ceratonia
genus Ceratopetalum
genus Ceratophyllum
genus Ceratopogon
genus Ceratopteris
genus Ceratosaurus

Literary usage of Genus cephalopterus

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

1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1862)
"... and genus cephalopterus (Geoffr.). The bill is stout, long, flattened, gradually curved, with the tip notched and slightly hooked; wings moderate, ..."

2. Trübner's Bibliographical Guide to American Literature: A Classed List of by Nikolaus Triibner (1859)
"Description of a New and Gigantic Species of the genus cephalopterus, of Dumeril, by SL Mitchell, MD . . . . . .23 4. Descriptions of some New or Rare ..."

3. Bibliotheca Zoologica[i]: Verzeichniss der Schriften über Zoologie, welche by Julius Victor Carus, Wilhelm Engelmann (1861)
"Description of a new and gigantic species of tbe genus CephalOpterUS of 23—30. — Fror. Not. Bd. 6. No. 120. 1824. p. 152—153. Bd. 8. 1824. No. 155. p. ..."

4. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen by Joh. Müller, Jacob Henle (1841)
"77 et 78- Mitchill, Description of a new and gigantic species of the genus Cephalopterus in Annals of the Lyceum of natural history of New-York. Vol. I. p. ..."

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