Definition of Genus colaptes

1. Noun. A genus of Picidae.

Exact synonyms: Colaptes
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Picidae, Picidae
Member holonyms: Flicker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Colaptes

genus Coccothraustes
genus Cocculus
genus Coccus
genus Coccyzus
genus Cochlearia
genus Cochlearius
genus Cocos
genus Codariocalyx
genus Codiaeum
genus Coeloglossum
genus Coelogyne
genus Coelophysis
genus Coereba
genus Coffea
genus Cola
genus Colaptes
genus Colchicum
genus Coleonyx
genus Coleus
genus Colinus
genus Collinsia
genus Collinsonia
genus Collocalia
genus Colobus
genus Colocasia
genus Coluber
genus Colubrina
genus Columba
genus Columnea
genus Colutea

Literary usage of Genus colaptes

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

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"2 species, C. carolinensis Wils. and C. brachypterus, sp. nov., the latter a women nudum. Monotypic, with Picus carolinus Linn, as type. genus colaptes. ..."

2. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"But it is necessary to distinguish the various species which compose the genus Colaptes, and so each species is given a name which is composed of two words, ..."

3. The Animals and Man: An Elementary Textbook of Zoology and Human Physiology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Mary Isabel McCracken (1911)
"But it is necessary to distinguish the various species which compose the genus Colaptes, and so each species is given a name which is composed of two words, ..."

4. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, and south through Lower California and western Mexico to Tepic. genus colaptes VIGORS. Colaptes VIGORS, Trans. ..."

5. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"... noticed gathering up hibernating insects from beneath the weather-boards. Is more beneficial than the smaller species. Genus COLAPTES. Colaptes miratus. ..."

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