Definition of Pedionomus

1. Noun. Plain wanderer.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pedionomus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Turnicidae, Turnicidae
Member holonyms: Pedionomus Torquatus, Plain Wanderer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedionomus

Pediamycin
Pediapred
Pediculidae
Pediculoides ventricosus
Pediculus capitis
Pediculus corporis
Pediculus humanus
Pedilanthus
Pedilanthus bracteatus
Pedilanthus pavonis
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
Pediocactus
Pediocactus knowltonii
Pedioecetes
Pedioecetes phasianellus
Pedionomus
Pedionomus torquatus
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Pee Dee
Pee Dee River
Peelite
Peelites
Peeps
Peer Panja
Peers
Pegah
Pegasean
Pegasus
Peggy

Literary usage of Pedionomus

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

1. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1892)
"Gadow on the Structure of pedionomus. [Notes on the Structure of ... Dr. Gadow describes at some length the structure of pedionomus—au obscure Australian ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Gould Coll. Mokai, Australia. Gould Coll. 2. pedionomus. Type. ... Wales, Victoria, S.Australia, and Interior. 1. pedionomus torquatus. the ..."

3. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Genus pedionomus, Gould. Allied to Turnix, but differing in having a small hind-toe. ... pedionomus torquatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., part viii. p. ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"Mr. Gould proposed to make it the type of a new genus, with the following appellation and characters :— Genus pedionomus. Gen. Char. ..."

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