Definition of Threskiornis

1. Noun. Type genus of the Threskiornithidae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Threskiornis

Thoth
Thotlavalluru
Thousand Island dressing
Thousand Oaks
Thousand and One Nights
Thr
Thrace
Thracian
Thracians
Thraco-Phrygian
Thraupidae
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Threadneedle Street
Three Kings' Day
Threeness
Threskiornis (current term)
Threskiornis aethiopica
Threskiornithidae
Thriambus
Thrinax
Thrinax keyensis
Thrinax microcarpa
Thrinax morrisii
Thrinax parviflora
Thripidae
Thrips tobaci
Throne Speech
Through-hole technologies
Through-hole technology
Thryothorus

Literary usage of Threskiornis

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

1. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Genus Threskiornis, G. R, Gray. The well-known Sacred Ibis of Egypt is the type of this ... White Ibis of the Colonists of New South Wales. Threskiornis ..."

2. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"... seen examples of this species from any other country than Australia, which would therefore appear to be its restricted habitat. Genus Threskiornis. 502. ..."

3. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1848)
"Young. Egypt. d. Male. South Africa. — Presented by the Earl Derby. The BLACK-HEADED IBIS. Threskiornis ..."

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