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Definition of Genus nestor
1. Noun. A genus of Psittacidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Psittacidae, Psittacidae
Member holonyms: Kea, Nestor Notabilis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nestor
Literary usage of Genus nestor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod by Alfred Henry Garrod, William Alexander Forbes (1881)
"NOTE ON THE TONGUE OF THE PSITTACINE genus nestor* Page 767. ON the death of a
specimen of Nestor ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Meanwhile Latham, in 1822, had described, is distinct species, two specimens
evidently of the genus Nestor, one said, but doubtless erroneously, ..."
3. The Visitor, Or, Monthly Instructor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1849)
"... forming the type of a new genin, Notornis ; and a parrot referable to the
genus Nestor. In Dinornis, the beak is of a peculiar form, being very strong, ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1872)
"AH GARROD ON THE genus nestor. 7H7 graphical distribution &c. In conclusion, I
may add that the live ... Note on the Tongue of the Psittacine genus Nestor. ..."
5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1848)
"... and amongst these to the genus Nestor. The bony portion of the upper beak—the
only part of the skull preserved—by its deep, ..."
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