Definition of Genus Burhinus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews.

Exact synonyms: Burhinus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Burhinidae, Family Burhinidae
Member holonyms: Burhinus Oedicnemus, Stone Curlew, Thick-knee

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Burhinus

genus Bryum
genus Bubalus
genus Bubo
genus Bubulcus
genus Bucephala
genus Buceros
genus Buchloe
genus Buckleya
genus Buddleia
genus Budorcas
genus Bufo
genus Bulnesia
genus Bumelia
genus Bungarus
genus Buphthalmum
genus Burhinus (current term)
genus Burmannia
genus Burmeisteria
genus Bursera
genus Butea
genus Buteo
genus Buxus
genus Cabomba
genus Cacajao
genus Cacalia
genus Cacatua
genus Cacicus
genus Cadra
genus Caenolestes

Literary usage of Genus Burhinus

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

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"From this description Illiger founded his genus Burhinus. ... Lesson, however, unites the two in his genus Burhinus, and in order to admit Tem- ..."

2. A List of the Genera of Birds: With Their Synonyma and an Indication of the by George Robert Gray (1841)
"From this description Illiger founded his genus Burhinus. ... Lesson, however, unites the two in his genus Burhinus, and in order to admit Tem- ..."

3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"... statement that Illiger founded the genus Burhinus. Latham further described his ' Great-billed Plover ' as being of the size of the ' Golden Plover ..."

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