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Definition of Genus Neophron
1. Noun. A genus of Accipitridae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Member holonyms: Egyptian Vulture, Neophron Percnopterus, Pharaoh's Chicken
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Neophron
Literary usage of Genus Neophron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Head and part of the neck naked, but without caruncles. Bill and general construction
weaker than in the last. genus Neophron ..."
2. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"genus Neophron (SAVIG.) NEOPHRON. GENERIC CHARACTERS. Bill elongated, slender,
strait; the upper mandible covered with a cere for half its length, ..."
3. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Some eggs are even handsomely marked with the latter colour. Axis, 3'7; diam., 2-8.
THE SCAVENGER VULTURES. genus Neophron. Neophron, Savigny, Syst. ..."
4. The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. by William Jardine (1838)
"i genus Neophron.—Savigny, Now generally adopted by ornithologists, used by Mr
Vigors as one of the five forms which compose the family, and considered by ..."
5. An Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain by John Gould (1873)
"Genus NEOPHRON. 1. NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS Vol. I. pl . I. EGYPTIAN VULTURE.
We have very positive evidence that this bird has been killed fn Somersetshire ..."
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