Definition of Hydrobates

1. Noun. Type genus of the Hydrobatidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Hydrobates
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Hydrobatidae, Hydrobatidae
Member holonyms: Hydrobates Pelagicus, Northern Storm Petrel, Stormy Petrel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrobates

Hydnocarpus kurzii
Hydnocarpus laurifolia
Hydnocarpus wightiana
Hydnoraceae
Hydnum
Hydra
Hydrangea anomala
Hydrangea arborescens
Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis
Hydrangea paniculata
Hydrangea petiolaris
Hydrangeaceae
Hydrastis Canadensis
Hydrilla verticillata
HydroDIURIL
Hydrobates
Hydrobates pelagicus
Hydrobatidae
Hydrocharidaceae
Hydrocharis
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
Hydrocharitaceae
Hydrochoeridae
Hydrochoerus
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Hydrocortone
Hydrodamalis
Hydrodamalis gigas
Hydromantes
Hydromantes brunus

Literary usage of Hydrobates

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

1. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman (1897)
"hydrobates, Erichson, 1848, is preoccupied by Boie (Aves, 1822), ... hydrobates linearis, Erichs., I. c. 614. 2. The following species of Gerris ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"The first synonym of Procellaria that I have met with ¡8 hydrobates, Boie, Isis Von Oken, 1822, p. 562. This has pelagica as its type. This is not, however, ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"... in Peru at an altitude of 3000 feet; it is a habitual fish-eater, and lives in streams. Another species, /. hydrobates, was formerly referred to ..."

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