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Definition of Turacous
1. turacou [n] - See also: turacou
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turacous
Literary usage of Turacous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"... half the species of turacous. lie describes its peculiarities in detail. ...
as of the turacous, occurring in nearly all of the genera of that family, ..."
2. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"Here only in this order is found the os uncinatum, a peculiar skull-bone occurring
in nearly all the petrels, the turacous ..."
3. The Bird: Its Form and Function by William Beebe (1906)
"Green is never found as a pigment except in the feathers of a small family of
birds called plantain-eaters or turacous, which inhabit West Africa. ..."
4. Science from an Easy Chair by Edwin Ray Lankester (1911)
"... an exception in the case of the African birds called turacous, or Plantain-eaters.
These birds have some large quill- feathers in the wing of a rich ..."
5. Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1892)
"M. Verreaux states that in rainy weather, just as I wns informed, the turacous
get their feathers wet through, ..."
6. Notes by a Naturalist on the "Challenger": Being an Account of Various by Henri Nottidge Moseley (1879)
"M. Verreaux states that in rainy weather, just as I was informed, the turacous
get their feathers wet through, and are, in consequence, unable to fly, ..."
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