|
|
Definition of Genus vultur
1. Noun. A bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cathartidae, Family Cathartidae
Member holonyms: Andean Condor, Vultur Gryphus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Vultur
Literary usage of Genus vultur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Head of Griffon Vulture. SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT. The genus Vultur of Linnaeus
stands first in his first order, ..."
2. A list of the genera of birds, with an indication of the typical species of by George Robert Gray (1841)
"On examining M. Temminck's remarks on the species of the genus Vultur, as given
in the PI. col., I find that he considered the V. auricularis and V. ..."
3. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"Genus VULTUR, Linn., 1766. Bill short, strong, and deep, curving from the end of
the cere ; nostrils round or slightly curved ; head broad, covered with ..."
4. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"... of those peculiar characters that distinguish the typical divisions,
represented (as I have before stated) by genus Vultur and genus Sarcoramphus. ..."
Other Resources:
