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Definition of Genus coscoroba
1. Noun. A genus of Anatidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Anatidae, Family Anatidae
Member holonyms: Coscoroba
Group relationships: Anatidae, Family Anatidae
Member holonyms: Coscoroba
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Coscoroba
Literary usage of Genus coscoroba
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 (1896)
"... atrata) is confined to Australia, and the aberrant genus, Coscoroba, to the
south of South America. THE TRUE SWANS. GENUS CYGNUS. ..."
2. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"The genus Coscoroba, Bonap., founded on Anas coscoroba, Gmelin, (A. chionis,
Illiger) from South America, is placed by Bonaparte at the end of the Swans. ..."
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