Definition of Genus Elanoides

1. Noun. A genus of kites.

Exact synonyms: Elanoides
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Member holonyms: Elanoides Forficatus, Swallow-tailed Hawk, Swallow-tailed Kite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Elanoides

genus Echinococcus
genus Echinops
genus Echium
genus Ectopistes
genus Edaphosaurus
genus Edmontosaurus
genus Egeria
genus Egretta
genus Eichhornia
genus Eimeria
genus Eira
genus Elaeagnus
genus Elaeis
genus Elaeocarpus
genus Elagatis
genus Elanoides (current term)
genus Elanus
genus Elaphe
genus Elaphurus
genus Electrophorus
genus Eleocharis
genus Elephantopus
genus Elephas
genus Elettaria
genus Eleusine
genus Eleutherodactylus
genus Eliomys
genus Elodea
genus Elops
genus Elsholtzia

Literary usage of Genus Elanoides

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

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"E. genus Elanoides. Elanoides VIEILLOT, Nouv. Diet, d'Hist. Nat., XXIV, 1818, 101. Monotypic, with "Les Milans de la Caroline et du Paraguay" = Falco ..."

2. Bulletin by Iowa Geological Survey, University of Texas Mineral Survey (1918)
"genus Elanoides Vieillot. 2. ELANOIDES FORFICATUS (Linn.). 327. Swallow-tailed Kite. Field Characters.—A long-winged, fork-tailed, black and white Hawk, ..."

3. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"genus Elanoides. Elanoides, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxiv. p. 101 (1818). Type, E. furcatus (L.). These birds, like the Eagles, have the feet bare, ..."

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