Definition of Genus Bonasa

1. Noun. Ruffed grouse.

Exact synonyms: Bonasa
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae
Member holonyms: Bonasa Umbellus, Partridge, Ruffed Grouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bonasa

genus Bletilla
genus Blighia
genus Blissus
genus Bloomeria
genus Bocconia
genus Boehmeria
genus Bolbitis
genus Boletellus
genus Boletus
genus Boltonia
genus Bomarea
genus Bombax
genus Bombina
genus Bombus
genus Bombyx
genus Bonasa (current term)
genus Borago
genus Borrelia
genus Bos
genus Boselaphus
genus Boswellia
genus Botaurus
genus Bothrops
genus Botrychium
genus Bougainvillaea
genus Bougainvillea
genus Bouteloua
genus Bowiea
genus Boykinia

Literary usage of Genus Bonasa

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)
"Thus, by having a more complete knowledge of the different genera, he has changed his opinion in regard to the genus Bonasa. ..."

2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"genus Bonasa STEPHENS. Bonasa STEPH. Gen. Zool. XI. 1819, 298. Type, Tetrao umbellus LINN. 300. Bonasa umbellus (LINN.). ..."

3. Diversions of a Naturalist by Edwin Ray Lankester (1915)
"It is placed in the genus Bonasa, and receives the specific name " sylvestris." The French call it " gelinotte " (under which name various kinds of ..."

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