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Definition of Genus pagophila
1. Noun. A genus of Laridae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Laridae, Laridae
Member holonyms: Ivory Gull, Pagophila Eburnea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pagophila
Literary usage of Genus pagophila
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 (1897)
"The beautiful Ivory Gull is the sole representative of the genus Pagophila, which
is thoroughly Arctic in its habitat. Its uniform snowy plumage finds a ..."
2. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"... Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1860, 401 (St. Paul Island, Bering Sea). Genus PAGOPHILA
Каир. Gavia (not of JR Forster, 1788) BOIE, Isia, 1822, 503. ..."
3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... Iowa, Illinois, and Florida. FAMILY LARIDAE. GULLS AND TERNS. SUBFAMILY LARIN^B.
GULLS. genus pagophila KAUP. Pagophila KAUP, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. ..."
4. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus pagophila — Ivory Gulls — has the webs of the feet indented. The gulls
of this genus are Arctic, found far from land, are about eighteen or ..."
5. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus pagophila — Ivory Gulls — has the webs of the feet indented. The gulls
of this genus are Arctic, found far from land, are about eighteen or ..."
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