Definition of Genus syrrhaptes

1. Noun. A genus of Pteroclididae.

Exact synonyms: Syrrhaptes
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Pteroclididae, Pteroclididae
Member holonyms: Pallas's Sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes Paradoxus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Syrrhaptes

genus Swietinia
genus Sylvilagus
genus Symphalangus
genus Symphoricarpos
genus Symphytum
genus Symplocarpus
genus Symplocus
genus Synagrops
genus Synanceja
genus Synaptomys
genus Synchytrium
genus Synercus
genus Syngnathus
genus Syngonium
genus Syringa
genus Syrrhaptes
genus Syzygium
genus Tabernaemontana
genus Tacca
genus Tachyglossus
genus Tachypleus
genus Tadarida
genus Tadorna
genus Taenia
genus Tagetes
genus Talinum
genus Tamandua
genus Tamarindus
genus Tamarix
genus Tamias

Literary usage of Genus syrrhaptes

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

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... being peculiar to Madagascar, and four occurring in or on the borders of the Cape Colony. The genus Syrrhaptes, though in general appearance resembling ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... being peculiar to Madagascar, and four occurring in or on the borders of the Cape Colony. The genus Syrrhaptes, though in general appearance resembling ..."

3. An Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain by John Gould (1873)
"Genus SYRRHAPTES. An Old-World genus of Sand-Grouse, comprising two species, the native haunts of which are the Steppes of Russia, China, and Thibet. ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"The genus Syrrhaptes contains the three-toed forms, of which there are two species. They have the feet feathered. The tail is long and pointed, ..."

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