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Definition of Trogons
1. trogon [n] - See also: trogon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trogons
Literary usage of Trogons
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 (1843)
"... with the particular assertion relative to the Narina Trogon; for the young
trogons are there stated to be hatched entirely naked. ASIATIC trogons. ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"In the intermediate groups (Cuckoos, trogons, Woodpeckers, Swifts, Hummingbirds
and Parrots) the manner in which the Fio. 19. ..."
3. Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production by E. Meijaard (2005)
"In southern Thailand, trogons have been found to be intolerant of degraded ...
Lambert and Collar (2002) concluded that populations of trogons may require ..."
4. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"An Asiatic subspecies of the common European Cuckoo, accidentally occur- ing in
Alaska. trogons. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The trogons are birds of moderate size: the smallest is hardly bigger than a
thrush and the largest less bulky than a crow. In most of them the bill is very ..."
6. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"trogons. GENUS TROGON. 389. Trogon ambiguus Gould. COPPERY-TAILED TROGON.
Bill short and thick, edges serrated, gape bristled ; eyelids lashed; ..."
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