Definition of Genus Cotinga

1. Noun. Type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingas.

Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cotingidae, Family Cotingidae
Member holonyms: Chatterer, Cotinga

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cotinga

genus Cortinarius
genus Corvus
genus Coryanthes
genus Corydalis
genus Corydalus
genus Corylopsis
genus Corylus
genus Corynebacterium
genus Corypha
genus Coryphantha
genus Corythosaurus
genus Coscoroba
genus Cosmocampus
genus Cosmos
genus Costia
genus Cotinga (current term)
genus Cotinus
genus Cotoneaster
genus Cottus
genus Cotula
genus Coturnix
genus Coumarouna
genus Cracticus
genus Crambe
genus Crangon
genus Craspedia
genus Crataegus
genus Crateva

Literary usage of Genus Cotinga

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 (1842)
"... as it happens fortunately that the American Chatterers are already provided with a name by Brisson, who in 1760 defined for them the genus Cotinga. ..."

2. A List of the Genera of Birds: With Their Synonyma and an Indication of the by George Robert Gray (1841)
"... as it happens fortunately that the American Chatterers are already provided with a name by Brisson, who in 1760 defined for them the genus Cotinga. ..."

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