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Definition of Genus pyrrhuloxia

1. Noun. Large showy finches related to cardinals.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pyrrhuloxia

Literary usage of Genus pyrrhuloxia

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

1. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"Genus PYRRHULOXIA Bonaparte. Texas Cardinal. Conspicuously crested, and otherwise like the common cardinal in form, but the bill extremely short and swollen ..."

2. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus pyrrhuloxia has the bill very short, broad, and greatly curved. The Texas Cardinal, P. sinuata, Bonap., of the Rio Grande region, is eight and a ..."

3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus pyrrhuloxia has the bill very short, broad, and greatly curved. The Texas Cardinal, P. sinuata, Bonap., of the Rio Grande region, is eight and a ..."

4. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey, Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1902)
"genus pyrrhuloxia. General Characters. — Head with conspicuous crest ; bill very short, thick, and deep, culmen convex ; wing short, much rounded ..."

5. Evolution of the Colors of North American Land Birds by Charles Augustus Keeler (1893)
"genus pyrrhuloxia (7) Adult male more conspicuously colored than female; young similar to adult female, but duller. Prevailing colors, vermilion, carmine, ..."

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