Definition of Genus tragopan

1. Noun. A genus of Phasianidae.

Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Member holonyms: Tragopan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tragopan

genus Tomistoma
genus Toona
genus Torreya
genus Tortrix
genus Townsendia
genus Toxicodendron
genus Toxostoma
genus Toxotes
genus Trachinotus
genus Trachipterus
genus Trachodon
genus Trachurus
genus Tradescantia
genus Tragelaphus
genus Tragopan
genus Tragopogon
genus Tragulus
genus Trapa
genus Trautvetteria
genus Trema
genus Tremella
genus Treponema
genus Triaenodon
genus Trialeurodes
genus Triatoma
genus Tribolium
genus Tribonema
genus Tribulus
genus Triceratops

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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