Lexicographical Neighbors of Silens
Literary usage of Silens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1886)
"This species resembles A. silens, but may be distinguished by its partly yellow
... It is like A. silens, but distinguishable by the bill being yellow with ..."
2. Hand-list of Genera and Species of Birds: Distinguishing Those Contained in by George Robert Gray (1870)
"7011. silens, Bodd. ; PE 742. N. of S. Amer. 7012. semitorquatus, .V«-. S. Brazil.
... 7020. flavirostris, Sw. Brazil, silens, Harti. ? 7021. ..."
3. The mythology of ancient Greece and Italy by Thomas Keightley (1838)
"Their name may be merely the reduplication of Qr)fi°. o?. Silenus. Hermes and
the silens 'mingle in love' with the nymphs in pleasing caverns, according to ..."
4. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"Hartley & Sugden, cut the first •widths with the Windsor, followed by a " silens
Messor," sent by Mr. Harris. The first-named cut pretty well on the dry ..."
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