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Definition of Genus cepphus
1. Noun. A genus of birds including: guillemots.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Alcidae, Family Alcidae
Member holonyms: Guillemot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cepphus
Literary usage of Genus cepphus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"The genus Cepphus differs from the genus Urla in its shorter bill, the culmen
scarcely exceeding the length of the inner toe and claw, in the differences of ..."
2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Lower California from Natividad Island (lat. 28°) on the Pacific and from Espiritu
Santo Island in the Gulf, south to Cape San Lucas. genus cepphus PALLAS. ..."
3. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1903)
"Remarks on the Species of the genus cepphus. Proc. US Nat. Mus., VII, pp. 210-229.
(A monograph of this holarctic genus.) 1884. ..."
4. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"genus cepphus. 29. Cepphus columba Pall. PIGEON GUILLEMOT. Bill black, straight,
and slender, upper edge of nostril feathered; feet bright red in summer, ..."
5. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Pennsylvania Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"genus cepphus PALLAS. Cepphus grylle (LINN.). Black Guillemot. DESCRIPTION.
Adult in winter.—Bill black, sharp-pointed, quite straight and shorter than the ..."
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