Definition of Phoenicurus

1. Noun. Old World thrushes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Phoenicurus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Turdidae, Turdidae
Member holonyms: Redstart, Redtail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phoenicurus

Phocaena phocaena
Phocaena sinus
Phocidae
Phocis
Phoebe
Phoebean
Phoebus Apollo
Phoenicia
Phoenician
Phoenician alphabet
Phoenicians
Phoenicophorium
Phoenicopteridae
Phoeniculidae
Phoeniculus
Phoenicurus
Phoenix
Phoenix dactylifera
Pholadidae
Pholidae
Pholidota
Pholiota
Pholiota astragalina
Pholiota aurea
Pholiota destruens
Pholiota flammans
Pholiota flavida
Pholiota nameko
Pholiota squarrosa
Pholiota squarrosa-adiposa

Literary usage of Phoenicurus

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

1. The Genetic and the Operative Evidence Relating to Secondary Sexual Characters by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"to which the following may be added: a hen R. phoenicurus assuming male plumage, ... Why it should happen in Ruticilla phoenicurus of tener than in other ..."

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