Definition of Genus pluvianus

1. Noun. Coursers.

Exact synonyms: Pluvianus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Glareolidae, Glareolidae
Member holonyms: Crocodile Bird, Pluvianus Aegyptius

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pluvianus

genus Pleiospilos
genus Plesianthropus
genus Plesiosaurus
genus Plethodon
genus Pleurobrachia
genus Pleuronectes
genus Pleurosorus
genus Pleurothallis
genus Pleurotus
genus Plicatoperipatus
genus Ploceus
genus Plumbago
genus Plumeria
genus Pluteus
genus Pluvialis
genus Pluvianus
genus Poa
genus Podalyria
genus Podargus
genus Podiceps
genus Podilymbus
genus Podocarpus
genus Podophyllum
genus Poecilocapsus
genus Poecilogale
genus Poephila
genus Pogonia
genus Pogostemon
genus Polanisia
genus Polemonium

Literary usage of Genus pluvianus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1840)
"... is effected through the interposition of some of the longer-limbed species, and by the members of the genus Pluvianus. It also connects, he thinks, ..."

2. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"... wings ample, more or less rounded, second or third quills often long- * The Lapwings are so nearly allied to the genus Pluvianus, that although we are ..."

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