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Definition of Todus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Todidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Todidae, Todidae
Member holonyms: Tody
Lexicographical Neighbors of Todus
Literary usage of Todus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural Arrangement and Relations of the Family of Flycatchers, Or by William Swainson (1838)
"... precision with which the celebrated M. Desmarest (the best ornithologist that
France has produced since the days of Brisson) has characterized his todus ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(4) todus, Lin. The Todies are small birds of America resembling the Kingfishers
in their general form as well as in their feet and elongated beak, ..."
3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1892)
"Nest none, a hole being tunnelled by the birds themselves. Eggs four, white.
Range. Confined to the Greater Antilles. 1. todus. ..."
4. Bibliotheca Grenvilliana by Thomas Grenville, John Thomas Payne, Henry Foss, William Brenchley Rye (1842)
"En los quales qualquier que con diligencia los quisiere leer hallara proverbios :
y maravillosas sentencias : y generalmente a todus muy provechosos, 1541. ..."
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