Definition of Genus gavia

1. Noun. Type genus of the Gavidae: loons.

Exact synonyms: Gavia
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Gavidae, Gavidae
Member holonyms: Diver, Loon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gavia

genus Gallinago
genus Gallinula
genus Gallirallus
genus Gallus
genus Gambelia
genus Gambusia
genus Garcinia
genus Gardenia
genus Garrulus
genus Gasterophilus
genus Gastroboletus
genus Gastrocybe
genus Gastrolobium
genus Gastrophryne
genus Gaultheria
genus Gavia
genus Gavialis
genus Gaylussacia
genus Gazania
genus Gazella
genus Geastrum
genus Gelechia
genus Gelsemium
genus Gempylus
genus Genetta
genus Genipa
genus Genista
genus Genlisea
genus Gentiana
genus Gentianella

Literary usage of Genus gavia

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

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1901)
"... however, did not recognize a genus Gavia, but placed all the Gulls under /..///.<. beginning in every case his diagnoses "Larus superna; ..."

2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"genus gavia. General Characters. — Tail feathers short and stiff; front toes fully webbed, hind toe small; head and neck velvety, never crested. ..."

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