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Definition of Rupicola

1. Noun. Cock of the rocks.

Definition of Rupicola

1. n. A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.

Definition of Rupicola

1. Noun. (zoology) Any of several South American passerine birds, of the genus ''Rupicola'', having bright plumage and a fan-shaped crest on the head ¹

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Medical Definition of Rupicola

1. A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock. The species are remarkable for having an elevated fan-shaped crest of feathers on the head, and for the beautiful colour of their plumage, which is mostly some delicate shade of yellow or orange. Origin: NL, fr. L. Rupes, gen. Rupis, a rock + colere to inhabit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Rupicola

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 (1841)
"rupicola,'Briss. (Cock of the Rock.) Generic Character.—Bill moderate, robust, rather vaulted and curved at the point, upper mandible as wide as it is high, ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"At their head, but in a separate group, should be placed, rupicola, Briss. ... The adult males of the two American species, Pipra rupicola, Gm. Enl. 39 and ..."

3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1891)
"... but with the hoary edges of the feathers of the throat and breast much broader, approaching in that respect P. rupicola (Tsch.) ; the ear-coverts are of ..."

4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"At their head, but in a separate group, should be-placed, rupicola, Briss. The Rock Manakins, or Cocks of the Rock, which are large birds, and have a double ..."

5. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1880)
"E. rupicola, Curt.—Local, but abundant where it occurs. The imago appears in August among hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), and flies freely on calm ..."

6. The Annals of Horticulture (1849)
"... applied in allusion to its growing naturally under constant exposure to the spray of the sea ; the specific name rupicola refers to its character of ..."

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