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Definition of Genus pandion
1. Noun. Type genus of the Pandionidae.
Exact synonyms: Pandion
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Pandionidae, Pandionidae
Member holonyms: Fish Eagle, Fish Hawk, Osprey, Pandion Haliaetus, Sea Eagle
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Pandionidae, Pandionidae
Member holonyms: Fish Eagle, Fish Hawk, Osprey, Pandion Haliaetus, Sea Eagle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pandion
Literary usage of Genus pandion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"Genus PANDION. Of the genus Pandion four species are now known ; one inhabiting
America, another Europe and Asia, a third the Indian Islands, and the fourth ..."
2. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"supplies an example, differs from the Ospreys or true fishing Eagles (genus
Pandion, Savig.) in the form of the bill, and in the claws being grooved, ..."
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