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Definition of Melanotis
1. Noun. A genus of Mimidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Mimidae, Mimidae
Member holonyms: Blue Mockingbird, Melanotis Caerulescens
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanotis
Literary usage of Melanotis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"... with their breast to the wall and wings spread out, exactly as represented in
Egyptian monuments." 1230. Milvus melanotis. The Large Lidian Kite. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Salvin-Gudman and Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman
Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Odontophorus melanotis, Salvin ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"... Species of AMERICAN BIRDS from various localities, with a note on Zonotrichia
melanotis. EY GEO. N. LAWRENCE. [Continued from page 359.]* 5. ..."