Definition of Phalacrocorax

1. Noun. Type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Phalacrocorax
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocoracidae
Member holonyms: Cormorant, Phalacrocorax Carbo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phalacrocorax

Phacelia tanacetifolia
Phacelia whitlavia
Phacochoerus
Phaeacian
Phaeacians
Phaedriades
Phaeophyceae
Phaeophyta
Phaethon
Phaethontidae
Phaeton
Phagun
Phaistos
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax (current term)
Phalacrocorax carbo
Phalaenopsis
Phalaenopsis amabilis
Phalaenoptilus
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Phalange
Phalangeridae
Phalangida
Phalangiidae
Phalangist
Phalangists
Phalangium
Phalangium opilio
Phalanx

Literary usage of Phalacrocorax

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

1. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1915)
"Anterior aspect of distal moiety of the left tarso-metatarsus of Phalacrocorax carbo. (No. 18851, Coll. US Nat. Mus.) FIG. 121. Anterior aspect of right ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1915)
"Subsequently, Cope described this extinct cormorant and named it Graculus macropus.1 Several years afterwards, under the name Phalacrocorax macro- pus, ..."

3. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"... cocca small; rectum narrow; cloaca globular. Trachea considerably flattened; bronchi of moderate width. THE COMMON CORMORANT. Phalacrocorax CARBO, Linn. ..."

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