Definition of Lobipes

1. Noun. A genus of Phalaropidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Lobipes
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phalaropidae, Phalaropidae
Member holonyms: Lobipes Lobatus, Northern Phalarope

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobipes

LoD
LoTAG
Lo dose
Loa loa
Loafer
Loasaceae
Lobachevskian
Lobachevsky
Lobamba
Lobata
Lobelia cardinalis
Lobelia dortmanna
Lobelia inflata
Lobelia siphilitica
Lobeliaceae
Lobipes (current term)
Lobipes lobatus
Lobo
Lobo's disease
Loboa loboi
Lobotes
Lobotes pacificus
Lobotes surinamensis
Lobotidae
Lobry de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation
Lobstein's ganglion
Lobularia
Lobularia maritima
Loc.
Local Bubble

Literary usage of Lobipes

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

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(l) The Lobipes, Cuv.(2) We think requires to be separated from Phalaropus, because although the feet are similar, the bill is that of a Tetanus; ..."

2. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine (1832)
"Following the arrangement of Cuvier, I have retained Lobipes for those of slender make, and Phalaropus for that of this country, and only one yet discovered ..."

3. Love's Meinie: Lectures on Greek and English Birds by John Ruskin (1881)
"At the last moment, I find this sentence in Gould's introduction : " The generic terms Phalaropus and Lobipes have been instituted for the fairy-like ..."

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