Definition of Himantopus

1. Noun. Major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Himantopus

Himalayan griffon vulture
Himalayan griffon vultures
Himalayan lilac
Himalayan marmot
Himalayan marmots
Himalayan rhubarb
Himalayan shrew
Himalayan shrews
Himalayan striped squirrel
Himalayan striped squirrels
Himalayans
Himalayas
Himalayish
Himantoglossum
Himantoglossum hircinum
Himantopus (current term)
Himantopus himantopus
Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus
Himantopus mexicanus
Himantopus novae-zelandiae
Himantopus stilt
Himarë
Himmler
Himni i Flamurit
Himself
Hin recombinase
Hinault
Hinayana
Hinayana Buddhism
Hinayanist

Literary usage of Himantopus

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

1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"Upper parts light buffy grayish mottled with dusky, the back and rump with several large blotches of black; head, neck, a Himantopus ..."

2. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by George Robert Gray, James Francis Stephens, Adam White, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"Himantopus CANDIDUS. The Black-winged Stilt. Charadrius himantopus, Linn. SN ip 255. Himantopus melanopterus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. (1820), ii. p. 528 ; Man. ..."

3. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"Himantopus, Briss. STILT. Bill about twice as long as the head, very slender, roundish, tapering, slightly recurved; upper mandible with its outline ..."

4. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1889)
"Himantopus nigricollis, Sunn. La-Plata Heine, ii. p. ... Himantopus brasiliensis, Sci. et Salo. Nomencl. p. 144; iid. PZS 1878, p. 454; Durnford, Ibi*, 1877 ..."

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