Definition of Ephippiorhynchus

1. Noun. Saddlebills.

Exact synonyms: Genus Ephippiorhynchus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Ciconiidae, Family Ciconiidae
Member holonyms: Ephippiorhynchus Senegalensis, Jabiru, Saddlebill

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ephippiorhynchus

Eperythrozoon wenyoni
Eph.
Ephedra sinica
Ephedraceae
Ephemerida
Ephemeridae
Ephemeroptera
Ephes.
Ephesan
Ephesian
Ephesians
Ephestia
Ephestia elutella
Ephesus
Ephippidae
Ephippiorhynchus (current term)
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Ephraim
Ephthalite
Ephthalites
EpiP serine protease
EpiPen
Epictetian
Epictetus
Epicurean
Epicureanism
Epicureans
Epicurus
Epidendrum
Epidendrum tampense

Literary usage of Ephippiorhynchus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1902)
"It was breeding in April near Fashoda.—RMH] 142. Ephippiorhynchus SENEGALENSIS. Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. ..."

2. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"... making a most striking object against the background of dark green riverside forest. Like the other white herons, 1 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1898)
"Godwin-Austen Coll. Hume Coll. Gates Coll. India Museum. W. Westgarth, Esq. Salvin-Godman Coll. [P.]. Purchased. 7. Ephippiorhynchus. Purchased. ..."

4. A Naturalist on Lake Victoria: With an Account of Sleeping Sickness and the by Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter (1920)
"... the fine saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), which I once, and only once, saw on the shore of Buvu, in the Sesse Archipelago, in 1912. ..."

5. Trekking the Great Thirst: Travel and Sport in the Kalahari Desert by Arnold Wienholt Hodson, Amy E. Nellen (1912)
"Conspicuous amongst these rapidly scurrying forms stalked the giant bill storks (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis),^' birds, presenting striking contrasts of ..."

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