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Definition of Genus leptoptilus
1. Noun. Adjutant birds and marabous.
Exact synonyms: Leptoptilus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Ciconiidae, Family Ciconiidae
Member holonyms: Adjutant, Adjutant Bird, Adjutant Stork, Leptoptilus Dubius, Leptoptilus Crumeniferus, Marabou, Marabou Stork, Marabout
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Ciconiidae, Family Ciconiidae
Member holonyms: Adjutant, Adjutant Bird, Adjutant Stork, Leptoptilus Dubius, Leptoptilus Crumeniferus, Marabou, Marabou Stork, Marabout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Leptoptilus
Literary usage of Genus leptoptilus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1889)
"Genus LEPTOPTILUS, Less., 1831. There are three species of this genus, inhabiting
Africa and Southern Asia. All are very large birds. Two are Indian. ..."
2. A Manual of Zoology for the Use of Students: With a General Introd. on the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1887)
"It frequents marshes, and feeds on frogs, fishes, and other aquatic animals.
In the allied genus Leptoptilus, including the great Storks known as the ..."
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