Definition of Genus Tadorna

1. Noun. Sheldrakes.

Exact synonyms: Tadorna
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Anatidae, Family Anatidae
Member holonyms: Sheldrake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tadorna

genus Synagrops
genus Synanceja
genus Synaptomys
genus Synchytrium
genus Synercus
genus Syngnathus
genus Syngonium
genus Syringa
genus Syrrhaptes
genus Syzygium
genus Tabernaemontana
genus Tacca
genus Tachyglossus
genus Tachypleus
genus Tadarida
genus Tadorna (current term)
genus Taenia
genus Tagetes
genus Talinum
genus Tamandua
genus Tamarindus
genus Tamarix
genus Tamias
genus Tamiasciurus
genus Tamus
genus Tanacetum
genus Tantilla
genus Tapirus
genus Taraktagenos
genus Taraktogenos

Literary usage of Genus Tadorna

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 (1896)
"genus Tadorna. Tadorna, Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. p. 260 (1822). ... These are the characters of the genus Tadorna, according to Count Salvadori, ..."

2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... male, Ch-ukin, female, H. Inhabits Asia generally ; N. Africa : rare \\ Europe : common in India. Genus TADORNA, Leach. ..."

3. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"... Author has adopted the genus Tadorna, instituted by Fleming, for the reception of the Sheld-Ducks, a well- marked Old World group consisting of seven ..."

4. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"VII. PI . 7. A beautiful representative of the C. rutila of Europe. Genus TADORNA. 546. Tadorna Radjah Vol. VII. PI . 8. An equally beautiful representative ..."

5. A History of the Rarer British Birds by Thomas Campbell Eyton (1836)
"... and the genus Tadorna, Leach. The Geese, (genus Anser,) and the Swans, (genus Cygnus,) are now the only genera among our British Ducks that remain. ..."

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