Definition of Fratercula

1. Noun. Puffins.

Exact synonyms: Genus Fratercula
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Alcidae, Family Alcidae
Member holonyms: Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula Arctica, Fratercula Corniculata, Horned Puffin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fratercula

Franz Liszt
Franz Peter Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Seraph Peter Schubert
Franz Werfel
Frascati
Fraser
Fraser-Lendrum stain
Fraser Island
Fraser fir
Fraser firs
Frasera
Frasera speciosa
Fraserburgh
Fratercula (current term)
Fratercula arctica
Fratercula corniculata
Frau
Fraunce
Frauncis
Fraunhofer's lines
Fraunhofer line
Fraxinus Americana
Fraxinus caroliniana
Fraxinus cuspidata
Fraxinus dipetala
Fraxinus excelsior
Fraxinus latifolia
Fraxinus nigra

Literary usage of Fratercula

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

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"... of Puffins (Lunda), there is a remarkable tuft of hairy straw-coloured feathers springing from behind the eye. I. THE PUFFIN. Fratercula ARCTICA. ..."

2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Fratercula arctica ( LINN ns). RANGE.— Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic and Arctic ... Fratercula arctica naumanni NORTON, Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. ..."

3. Natural History of Birds by Philip Henry Gosse (1849)
"GENUS Fratercula. (Bmss.) This is a remarkable genus, in which the beak rivals, in its development, the monstrous proportions which are seen in the Toucans ..."

4. The Nests and Eggs of British Birds: When and where to Find Them : Being a by Charles Dixon (1894)
"As previously remarked, however, the eggs of the Razorbill externally never exhibit green or blue tints. Family ALCID/E. Genus Fratercula. PUFFIN. ..."

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