Definition of Genus Pagophila

1. Noun. A genus of Laridae.

Exact synonyms: Pagophila
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Laridae, Laridae
Member holonyms: Ivory Gull, Pagophila Eburnea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pagophila

genus Oxybelis
genus Oxydendrum
genus Oxylebius
genus Oxytropis
genus Oxyura
genus Oxyuranus
genus Ozonium
genus Ozothamnus
genus Pachycephala
genus Pachyrhizus
genus Pachysandra
genus Packera
genus Padda
genus Paeonia
genus Pagellus
genus Pagophila (current term)
genus Pagophilus
genus Pagrus
genus Pagurus
genus Palaemon
genus Palaquium
genus Paleacrita
genus Palinurus
genus Paliurus
genus Palometa
genus Pan
genus Panax
genus Pandanus
genus Pandion
genus Panicum

Literary usage of Genus Pagophila

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

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"The beautiful Ivory Gull is the sole representative of the genus Pagophila, which is thoroughly Arctic in its habitat. Its uniform snowy plumage finds a ..."

2. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"... Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1860, 401 (St. Paul Island, Bering Sea). Genus PAGOPHILA Каир. Gavia (not of JR Forster, 1788) BOIE, Isia, 1822, 503. ..."

3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... Iowa, Illinois, and Florida. FAMILY LARIDAE. GULLS AND TERNS. SUBFAMILY LARIN^B. GULLS. genus Pagophila KAUP. Pagophila KAUP, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. ..."

4. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Pagophila — Ivory Gulls — has the webs of the feet indented. The gulls of this genus are Arctic, found far from land, are about eighteen or ..."

5. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus Pagophila — Ivory Gulls — has the webs of the feet indented. The gulls of this genus are Arctic, found far from land, are about eighteen or ..."

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