Definition of Melanitta

1. Noun. Scoters.

Exact synonyms: Genus Melanitta
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Anatidae, Family Anatidae
Member holonyms: Scooter, Scoter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanitta

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Mel Gibson
Melampodium
Melampodium leucanthum
Melampsora
Melampsora lini
Melampsoraceae
Melanchthon
Melanerpes
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Melanesia
Melanesian
Melanesians
Melanie
Melanie Klein
Melanitta (current term)
Melanitta nigra
Melanochroi
Melanogrammus
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Melanoplus
Melanotis
Melanotis caerulescens
Melanthiaceae
Melastoma malabathricum
Melastomaceae
Melastomataceae
Melb
Melba
Melba toast

Literary usage of Melanitta

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

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"Melanitta Boie. Recognized as a genus (cf. Miller, Auk, XXXIII, 1916, pp. 278-281) to include the following North American species now in the genus ..."

2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"... the Great Lakes, Colorado, and California. SUBGENUS Melanitta BOIE. Melanitta BOIE, Isis, 1822, 564. Type, by elimination, Anas fusca LINN. [164. ..."

3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"Type, as designated by Gray (1840) and by elimination, Anas nigra Linn., the first species. Subgenus Melanitta. Melanitta BOIE, Isis, 1822, 564. ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1841)
"... Melanitta, and Nyroca. I suspect, however, that they will be found to come more nearly ... as in that bird, in which respect it agrees with Melanitta. ..."

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