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Definition of Genus syrrhaptes
1. Noun. A genus of Pteroclididae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Pteroclididae, Pteroclididae
Member holonyms: Pallas's Sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes Paradoxus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Syrrhaptes
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, ..."