Definition of Bucephala

1. Noun. Buffleheads and goldeneyes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Bucephala
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Anatidae, Family Anatidae
Member holonyms: Bucephela Albeola, Bufflehead, Butterball, Dipper, Bucephela Clangula, Goldeneye, Whistler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bucephala

Bua
Buarainech
Bubalus
Bubalus bubalis
Bubalus mindorensis
Bubba
Buber
Bubo virginianus
Bubulcus
Bubulcus ibis
Bucalemo
Bucalemu
Bucaramanga
Buccinidae
Bucconidae
Bucephala (current term)
Bucephala islandica
Bucephela albeola
Bucephela clangula
Bucerotidae
Buchanan
Bucharest
Bucharesti
Bucharestian
Bucharestians
Buchloe
Buchloe dactyloides
Buchner
Buchner extract
Buchner funnel

Literary usage of Bucephala

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

1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1901)
"... bucephala.—As no previous record has been made in this country of ... fragilis having been bred from P. bucephala, I think it is worth mentioning, ..."

2. Index animalium: sive, Index nominum quae ab A.D. MDCCLVIII generibus et by Charles Davies Sherborn (1902)
"AG Olivier, Ency. Méth. V (Ins.) 1790, 153.—Scarabaeus. bucephalus Cryptocephalus (Schall.), JC Fabricius, Mant. I. 1787, 82.—Chrysomela. bucephala ..."

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