Definition of Circaetus

1. Noun. Harrier eagles.

Exact synonyms: Genus Circaetus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Member holonyms: Harrier Eagle, Short-toed Eagle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Circaetus

Cinderellas
Cindy
Cineraria maritima
Cinnamomum
Cinnamomum camphora
Cinnamomum loureirii
Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Cinti
Cipro
Cir.
Circaea
Circaea alpina
Circaea lutetiana
Circaetus (current term)
Circe
Circe effect
Circean
Circean poison
Circinus
Circis siliquastrum
Circumcellion
Circumcellions
Circus Aeruginosus
Circus cyaneus
Circus pygargus

Literary usage of Circaetus

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

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"The species of the genus Circaetus, Vieillot, Are in a manner intermediate between the Fisher-Eagles, the Ospreys and the Buzzards. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1874)
"Port Natal. Baron Laugher de Chartreuse. Purchased. Purchased. Purchased. 3. Circaetus ... Syst. Uebers. p. 7 (1860, descr. nutta); id. Circaetus ..."

3. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1848)
"Circaetus thoracicus Cuv. Less. Tr. D'Orn. p. 48.; Kaup, Class Circaetus ... Circaetus bacha GR Gray, Gen. of B. ip Circaetus (Spilornis) bacha Kaup, ..."

4. A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by East India Company Museum, Frederic Moore, Thomas Horsfield (1858)
"Circaetus cheela, GB Gray, Gen. of Birds, III. App. p. 1 ; Cat. B. Brit. ... B. Nep. p. 42. Blyth, An. Nat. Hitt. XII. p. 91. Circaetus nipalensis ..."

5. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1862)
"The birds of this genus differ from those of Circaetus in being more arboreal, ... 1—Circaetus undulatus, apud, JERDON, Cat. 14—C. Nipalensis, HODGSON, ..."

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