Definition of Pooecetes

1. Noun. A genus of Fringillidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pooecetes
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Fringillidae, Fringillidae
Member holonyms: Grass Finch, Pooecetes Gramineus, Vesper Sparrow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pooecetes

Pontiac
Pontiac fever
Pontian
Pontic
Pontos
Pontus
Ponzi
Ponzi scam
Ponzi scams
Ponzi scheme
Ponzi schemes
Poo-Bah
Poo-Bahs
Poochie-fication
Pooecetes (current term)
Pooecetes gramineus
Pooh
Pooh-Bah
Pooh-Bahs
Poohsticks
Pookie
Poole
Pooler
Poona
Poonam
Pooterism
Pop Art
Popayán
Pope

Literary usage of Pooecetes

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, Herbert Friedmann (1901)
"KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF Pooecetes. a. Larger (wing averaging more than 80.01 in male, more than 76.20 in female); coloration grayer above, ..."

2. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1901)
"Genus Pooecetes Baird. ... OF Pooecetes. ». Larger (wing averaging more than 80.01 in male, more than 76.20 in ... .Pooecetes gramineus gramíneas (p. ..."

3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"By the first species rule Pooecetes is a synonym of Zonotrichia Swains., 1831 (see below under Zonotrichia'). Genus Ammodramus. ..."

4. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"GENUS Pooecetes. Baird. Bill rather large; upper outline slightly decurved towards the end, lower straight. Wings unusually long and pointed, ..."

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