Definition of Genus Spheniscus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins.

Exact synonyms: Spheniscus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Spheniscidae, Spheniscidae
Member holonyms: Jackass Penguin, Spheniscus Demersus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Spheniscus

genus Sparmannia
genus Spartina
genus Spartium
genus Spathiphyllum
genus Spergula
genus Spergularia
genus Sphacele
genus Sphacelotheca
genus Sphaeralcea
genus Sphaerocarpos
genus Sphaerocarpus
genus Sphagnum
genus Sphecius
genus Sphecotheres
genus Spheniscus (current term)
genus Sphenodon
genus Sphyraena
genus Sphyrapicus
genus Sphyrna
genus Spilogale
genus Spinacia
genus Spinus
genus Spiraea
genus Spiranthes
genus Spirillum
genus Spirochaeta
genus Spirodela
genus Spirogyra
genus Spirula

Literary usage of Genus Spheniscus

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

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"... the furrow from the nostril terminates obliquely, at the lower third of the edge. The genus Spheniscus of Temminck. Tlie Crested Penguin, Lath. ..."

2. Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1892)
"Another species of the same genus (Spheniscus minor) breeds in neat holes burrowed in sandbanks, at New Zealand.t On the beach are large banks of seaweed, ..."

3. Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger": being an account of various by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1879)
"Another species of the same genus (Spheniscus minor), breeds in neat holes burrowed in sandbanks, at New Zealand.t On the beach are large banks of seaweed, ..."

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