Definition of Genus Centropus

1. Noun. A genus of Cuculidae.

Exact synonyms: Centropus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cuculidae, Family Cuculidae
Member holonyms: Coucal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Centropus

genus Cecropia
genus Cedrela
genus Cedrus
genus Ceiba
genus Celastrus
genus Celosia
genus Celtis
genus Cenchrus
genus Centaurea
genus Centaurium
genus Centranthus
genus Centrocercus
genus Centrolobium
genus Centropomus
genus Centropristis
genus Centropus (current term)
genus Centrosema
genus Centunculus
genus Cephalanthera
genus Cephalopterus
genus Cephalotaxus
genus Cephalotus
genus Cepphus
genus Cerapteryx
genus Cerastes
genus Cerastium
genus Ceratitis
genus Ceratodus
genus Ceratonia
genus Ceratopetalum

Literary usage of Genus Centropus

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

1. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"Genus CENTROPUS. On reference to my account of the Centropus Phasianus, it will be seen I have stated that some difference occurs in specimens from ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... (to which Family the genus Centropus has been always assigned) examined by Garrod. Nor are tho results of tho very great ..."

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