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Definition of Genus rupicola
1. Noun. Cock of the rocks.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cotingidae, Family Cotingidae
Member holonyms: Cock Of The Rock, Rupicola Rupicola
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Rupicola
Literary usage of Genus rupicola
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Banded Cotinga. Hah. Brazil. a. Purchased, Jan. 18, 1875. From Bahía. Seo PZS
1875, p. 82. '>. Purchased, Oct. 17, 1877. Genus RUPICOLA. 420. ..."
2. Boston Journal of Natural History by Boston Society of Natural History (1839)
"It should also be observed, that the division B, of M. de Blainville and M.
Rang, founded on ANATINA rupicola, Lam., genus RUPICOLA, Fleur. de Bellevue, ..."
3. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"... hidden by feathers ; the wings rather short, but pointed ; the tail very short
and even ; the legs (tarsi) long and slender. In the genus Rupicola, ..."