Definition of Cursorius

1. Noun. Coursers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Cursorius
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Glareolidae, Glareolidae
Member holonyms: Cream-colored Courser, Cursorius Cursor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cursorius

Curetonian
Curia
Curie
Curie's law
Curie point
Curie points
Curie temperature
Curietherapy
Curitiba
Curling's ulcer
Curragh
Currer Bell
Curry–Howard correspondence
Curschmann's disease
Cursorius (current term)
Cursorius cursor
Curt
Curtis
Curtisia
Curtiss
Curupira
Curvularia
Cusco
Cuscuta
Cuscuta gronovii
Cush
Cushing
Cushing's basophilism
Cushing's disease

Literary usage of Cursorius

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)
"Gal. 230; Quoy and Gaymard, Voy. de Freycinet, pi. xxxiv. It is impossible to avoid placing near the Plovers and Oyster- catchers, the . i Cursorius, Lac. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Z2 (1894: Cursorius temmincki, Shelley, B. África, ip 194 (1896). ... Seebohm C oll Cursorius gracilis, Reichen. Vög. deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 33 (1394). ..."

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