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Definition of Coccyges
1. coccyx [n] - See also: coccyx
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccyges
Literary usage of Coccyges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"... favorite midday haunt, and it is not impossible they may have roosted in the
hole we discovered near its top. ORDER coccyges. CUCKOOS, KINGFISHERS, ETC. ..."
2. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"coccyges. (THE CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS.) This order includes the majority of the ...
Families of coccyges. a. Toes 2 in front, 2 behind; bill as long as bead, ..."
3. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"coccyges. This order is distinguished from all other ... By Garrod, Newton, and
other recent writers, the coccyges have been regarded as having Galline ..."
4. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"By the above combination of characters the Cuckoos may be recognised from all
other birds, and the only other Suborder of the coccyges consists of the ..."
5. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"coccyges. Cuckoos, Kingfishers, etc. KEY TO FAMILIES. A. Toes two before and two
behind, the front toes separate to the base; bill about as long as head. ..."
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