Definition of Genus Geococcyx

1. Noun. Roadrunners.

Exact synonyms: Geococcyx
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cuculidae, Family Cuculidae
Member holonyms: Chaparral Cock, Geococcyx Californianus, Roadrunner

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Geococcyx

genus Gazania
genus Gazella
genus Geastrum
genus Gelechia
genus Gelsemium
genus Gempylus
genus Genetta
genus Genipa
genus Genista
genus Genlisea
genus Gentiana
genus Gentianella
genus Gentianopsis
genus Genyonemus
genus Geochelone
genus Geococcyx (current term)
genus Geoffroea
genus Geoglossum
genus Geomys
genus Geophilus
genus Geothlypis
genus Geranium
genus Gerardia
genus Gerbera
genus Gerbillus
genus Gerea
genus Gerres
genus Gerrhonotus
genus Gerris
genus Gesneria

Literary usage of Genus Geococcyx

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)
"Monotypic, with Crotophaga ani Linn, as type. genus Geococcyx. Geococcyx WAGLER, Isis, 1831, 524. Monotypic, with Geococcyx variegata sp. nov. ..."

2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"genus Geococcyx. 386. Geococcyx californianus (Less.). ROAD-RUNNER. Bare-space around eye, orange and hlne; feathers of head and neck largely bristle-tipped ..."

3. Evolution of the Colors of North American Land Birds by Charles Augustus Keeler (1893)
"... a factor in the development of its present plumage, and the black may be a form of directive marking, for the birds are gregarious. genus Geococcyx. ..."

4. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Geococcyx has the bill longer than the head, loral feathers stiff and bristly, and the tail feathers ten. Birds of this genus live on the ground. ..."

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