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Definition of Heteroscelus
1. Noun. Tattlers.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Heteroscelus Incanus, Polynesian Tattler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heteroscelus
Literary usage of Heteroscelus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Explor. and Surv. RR Pac., IX, 1858, p. 734; type by monotypy, Totanus brevipes
Vieillot); since heteroscelus Baird 1858 is not invalidated by Hetero- ..."
2. Bulletin by United States National Museum (1919)
"heteroscelus incanus brevipes Mathews, Birds Austral., iii, pt. ... Totanus
incanus (not Scolopax incana Gmelin) and heteroscelus incanus of numerous ..."
3. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"Genus heteroscelus Baird. Wandering Tattler, Bill straight, stout, compressed,
grooved about § its length, gape reaching beyond base of ..."
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