Definition of Genus Lyrurus

1. Noun. Black grouse.

Exact synonyms: Lyrurus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae
Member holonyms: Black Grouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lyrurus

genus Lycaeon
genus Lychnis
genus Lycium
genus Lycoperdon
genus Lycopersicon
genus Lycopersicum
genus Lycopodium
genus Lycopus
genus Lycosa
genus Lyginopteris
genus Lygodium
genus Lygus
genus Lymantria
genus Lynx
genus Lyonia
genus Lyrurus (current term)
genus Lysichiton
genus Lysichitum
genus Lysiloma
genus Lysimachia
genus Lythrum
genus Macaca
genus Macadamia
genus Machaeranthera
genus Macleaya
genus Maclura
genus Macowanites
genus Macrocephalon
genus Macrocheira
genus Macroclemys

Literary usage of Genus Lyrurus

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

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"genus Lyrurus. Lyrurus, Swains. Faun. Bor. Amer. Birds, p. 497 (1831). ... The genus Lyrurus differs from Lagopus in having the feet feathered, ..."

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