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Definition of Philomachus
1. Noun. Ruffs.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Scolopacidae, Scolopacidae
Member holonyms: Philomachus Pugnax, Ruff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philomachus
Literary usage of Philomachus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by George Robert Gray, James Francis Stephens, Adam White, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"philomachus PUGNAX. The Buff. Tringa pugnax, Linn. SN ip 247 ; Temm. Man. d'Orn.
1815, ... philomachus pugnax, GR Gray, List of Gen. ofB. (1841) p. 89; p. ..."
2. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"... of a large ruff of long feathers, and fight furiously for the possession of
the females. 880. philomachus pugnax, Tringa, apud LINN^US — BLYTH, Cat. ..."
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