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Definition of Genus sitta
1. Noun. Type genus of the Sittidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Sittidae, Sittidae
Member holonyms: European Nuthatch, Sitta Europaea, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta Canadensis, Sitta Carolinensis, White-breasted Nuthatch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sitta
Literary usage of Genus sitta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"... they are plentifully represented in the Himalayas, while in the mountains of
Burma the largest known species of the genus, Sitta magna, is found. ..."
2. Birds of the Colorado Valley ...: Scientific and Popular Information by Elliott Coues (1878)
"The genus Sitta, to which, as the leading representative of the family, the
foregoing remarks apply more particularly, now comprises about fourteen species ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"E. genus sitta. Sitta LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, 115. Monotypic, with
Sitta europaea Linn, ..."
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