Definition of Genus Campephilus

1. Noun. A genus of Picidae.

Exact synonyms: Campephilus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Picidae, Picidae
Member holonyms: Campephilus Principalis, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Ivorybill

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Campephilus

genus Calopogon
genus Calosoma
genus Caltha
genus Calvatia
genus Calycanthus
genus Calycophyllum
genus Calymmatobacterium
genus Calypso
genus Calystegia
genus Cambarus
genus Camelina
genus Camellia
genus Camelus
genus Campanula
genus Campephilus (current term)
genus Camponotus
genus Camptosorus
genus Campyloneurum
genus Campylorhynchus
genus Canachites
genus Cananga
genus Canangium
genus Canavalia
genus Cancer
genus Candida
genus Canella
genus Canis
genus Canna
genus Cannabis

Literary usage of Genus Campephilus

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

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"Linn., the first species; as designated by Gray (1855), Alcedo amazona Lath., the fourth species. Family PICID.E. genus Campephilus. ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1886)
"Length, 5.10: wing, 2.75; tail, 1.85; tarsus, .70: bill, .62. HABITAT. Haiti and San Domingo. GENUS Campephilus GRAY. ..."

3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Campephilus comprises Woodpeckers which have the bill considerably longer than the head, feet large, tail long and cuneate, wings long and pointed ..."

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