Definition of Genus Alcedo

1. Noun. Type genus of the Alcedinidae.

Exact synonyms: Alcedo
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Alcedinidae, Family Alcedinidae
Member holonyms: Alcedo Atthis, Eurasian Kingfisher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Alcedo

genus Ailanthus
genus Ailuropoda
genus Ailurus
genus Aix
genus Ajaia
genus Ajuga
genus Alauda
genus Albatrellus
genus Albizia
genus Albizzia
genus Albuca
genus Albugo
genus Albula
genus Alca
genus Alcea
genus Alcedo (current term)
genus Alcelaphus
genus Alces
genus Aldrovanda
genus Alectis
genus Alectoria
genus Alectoris
genus Alectura
genus Alepisaurus
genus Aletris
genus Aleurites
genus Aleyrodes
genus Algeripithecus
genus Alisma
genus Allamanda

Literary usage of Genus Alcedo

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

1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Genus Halcyon, Swainson, including Dacelo, Leach ; Halcyon, Swainson ; Syma, Lesson ; Todiramphus, Lesson; and Ceyx, Lacépède.— genus Alcedo ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Nomenclatural Remarks on the genus Alcedo Linn. By A. Laubmann. (Continued.) Wasp Enemies Among Birds. By E. Hesse. Ornithologische Monatsberichte. Vol. ..."

3. An Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain by JOHN. GOULD (1873)
"Fish appears to be the chief food of the members of the restricted genus Alcedo, of which our well-known Kingfisher is the type. Genus ALCEDO. 57. ..."

4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... Linnaeus's genus Alcedo contained, at 1758, both Kingfishers and Todies; at 1766 the Todies were removed and the Jacamars added, so that Alcedo, ..."

5. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1839)
"... originally included in the genus Alcedo by that great master of natural affinities, Linneus, on account of the identity of the general structure and ..."

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