Lexicographical Neighbors of Gruiform
Literary usage of Gruiform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... and Oi-ue. gruiform (gro'i-form), a. ... see gruiform.] A superfamily or
suborder of ... containing the gruiform as distinguished from the ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1905)
"These muscles are alike in all the birds on my list, corresponding almost exactly
with the condition I found in gruiform birds (7), with the exception that ..."
3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1905)
"Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. vol. viii. p. 173. (7) MITCHELL, P. CHALMERS.—"
Un the Anatomy of gruiform Birds." Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1901, vol. ii. p. ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"See BOOM. cranelike, n. gruiform <f<rli.). cranium, n. 1. See SKULL. 2. brainpan,
pericranium (affected or humorous). cow, rt: intimidate. oow, ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1916)
"Anatomical Notes on the gruiform Birds. (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1915, pp.
413-423.) Miller, LH The Owl Remains from Rancho la Brea. ..."
6. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... but whereas that bird shows some affinity to Scopus, these trend rather towards
Nycticorax, both being, however, essentially gruiform. ..."
7. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"On the anatomy of gruiform birds : with special reference to the correlation of
modifications. London, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1901, ii, (629-655, text figs. ..."
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