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Definition of Genus Collocalia
1. Noun. A genus of Apodidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Apodidae, Family Apodidae
Member holonyms: Collocalia Inexpectata, Swiftlet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Collocalia
Literary usage of Genus Collocalia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The swifts that construct these " edible " nests form a genus Collocalia, with
many species; but they inhabit chiefly the islands of the Indian Ocean from ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"In this nest we see the sauva of the bird used as on adhesive material in nest
building, as in the genus Collocalia of the Old World, but differently ap- ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... Revision oí the genus Collocalia — This interesting genus of Swifts is one of
the most difficult in the entire family ..."
4. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of by William Somerville Orr (1855)
"... make a much greater use of the glutinous secretion, and in some species of
the genus Collocalia, this constitutes the great bulk of the nest. ..."
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