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Definition of Genus ploceus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Ploceidae.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ploceus
Literary usage of Genus ploceus
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 (1890)
"The eggs are either two or three in number, in the genus Ploceus pure white, ...
Genus PLOCEUS, Cuvier, 1817. ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The genus Amadina follows in Mr. Swainson's arrangement, and he speaks of the
genus Ploceus thus defined as by far the most beautiful of the division of ..."
3. A List of the Genera of Birds: With Their Synonyma and an Indication of the by George Robert Gray (1841)
"... Strickland's Commentary The restricted genus Ploceus, Cuv., if Loxia philippina,
Gm., be considered its type, will contain the greater part of the genus ..."
4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"The genus Amadina follows in Mr. Swainson's arrangement, and he speaks of the
genus Ploceus thus defined as by far the most beautiful of the division of ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"... genus Ploceus. Since his time others have been referred to its neighbourhood,
and especially the genus ..."
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