Definition of Genus Heteroscelus

1. Noun. Tattlers.

Exact synonyms: Heteroscelus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Heteroscelus Incanus, Polynesian Tattler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Heteroscelus

genus Hemitripterus
genus Hepatica
genus Heracleum
genus Heritiera
genus Hermannia
genus Hermissenda
genus Hernaria
genus Herpestes
genus Herrerasaurus
genus Hesperiphona
genus Hesperis
genus Heteranthera
genus Heterocephalus
genus Heterodon
genus Heteromeles
genus Heteroscelus (current term)
genus Heterotheca
genus Heuchera
genus Hevea
genus Hexagrammos
genus Hexalectris
genus Hexamita
genus Hexanchus
genus Hibbertia
genus Hibiscus
genus Hieracium
genus Himantoglossum
genus Himantopus
genus Hippeastrum
genus Hippobosca

Literary usage of Genus Heteroscelus

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

1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"... cinnamomeus SHARPE, Hand-list, i, 1899, 181.—FORBES and ROBINSON, Liverp. Mus., ii, no. 2, 1899, 70. Genus HETEROSCELUS Baird. ..."

2. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Heteroscelus has the bill stout and compressed. It is represented by the Wandering Tatler, H. brevipes, Baird, of Washington Territory, ..."

3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The genus Heteroscelus has the bill stout and compressed. It is represented by the Wandering Tatler, H. brevipes, Baird, of Washington Territory, ..."

4. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"NUTT., ii, 113 ; AUD., v, 264, pi. 331; CASS. in BD., 739. RUFESCENS. 221. Genus HETEROSCELUS Baird. Wandering Tattler, Bill straight, ..."

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