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Definition of Genus tragopan
1. Noun. A genus of Phasianidae.
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Tragopan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tragopan
Literary usage of Genus tragopan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The natural history of gallinaceous birds by William Jardine, Andrew Crichton (1834)
"i genus tragopan,— CUVIER. THE Horned Pheasant of Edwards and Latham, for the
reception of which the Baron Cuvier established his genus Tragopan, ..."
2. The Natural History of Game-birds by William Jardine (1860)
"THE Horned Pheasant of Edwards and Latham, for the reception of which the Baron
Cuvier established his genus Tragopan, long puzzled ornithologists, ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1840)
"Mr. Gould (Century qf Birds from the Himalaya Mountains) remarks that the genus
Tragopan appears to take an intermediate station between that of Meleagris ..."
4. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... its form and habits connecting it with the latter, while its colouring manifests
a relationship to the beautiful Oriental genus Tragopan. ..."
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