Definition of Burhinus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews.

Exact synonyms: Genus Burhinus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Burhinidae, Family Burhinidae
Member holonyms: Burhinus Oedicnemus, Stone Curlew, Thick-knee

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burhinus

Burgers vector
Burgers vectors
Burgess
Burgess Shale
Burgher
Burgoyne
Burgundian
Burgundies
Burgundy
Burgundy mixture
Burgundy pitch
Burgundy sauce
Burgundy wine
Burhan
Burhinidae
Burhinus (current term)
Burhinus oedicnemus
Buriat
Buriatia
Buriats
Burk
Burkard
Burke
Burke's Barrage
Burkina
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso franc
Burkinabe

Literary usage of Burhinus

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

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"387, can be correctly quoted as the type of Burhinus, 111. Latham described a bird under the ... From this description Illiger founded his genus Burhinus. ..."

2. A List of the Genera of Birds: With Their Synonyma and an Indication of the by George Robert Gray (1841)
"387, can be correctly quoted as the type of Burhinus, 111. Latham described a bird under the ... From this description Illiger founded his genus Burhinus. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Range. The same as that of the single species. 1. Burhinus ... It is on this statement that Illiger founded the genus Burhinus. Latham further described his ..."

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