Definition of Genus Psittacus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey.

Exact synonyms: Psittacus
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Psittacidae, Psittacidae
Member holonyms: African Gray, African Grey, Psittacus Erithacus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Psittacus

genus Pseudococcus
genus Pseudocolus
genus Pseudolarix
genus Pseudomonas
genus Pseudopleuronectes
genus Pseudoryx
genus Pseudotaxus
genus Pseudotsuga
genus Pseudowintera
genus Psidium
genus Psilophyton
genus Psilotum
genus Psithyrus
genus Psittacosaurus
genus Psittacula
genus Psittacus (current term)
genus Psophia
genus Psophocarpus
genus Psoralea
genus Psychopsis
genus Psychotria
genus Pteretis
genus Pteridium
genus Pteris
genus Pternohyla
genus Pterocarpus
genus Pterocarya
genus Pterocles
genus Pterocnemia
genus Pterodactylus

Literary usage of Genus Psittacus

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

1. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (1822)
"... History and Distribution of the genus Psittacus or Parrot.—The Greeks seem at first to have known only one species of parrot, which was imported from ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"72 (1776.) Lanius viridis, Gm.,Syst. Nat. ip 306 (1788.) Buff. PI. Enl. 32, fig. 2. Lanius violaceus, Bodd., Tab. PI. Enl. p. 3 (1783.) 45. Genus PSITTACUS. ..."

3. A List of the Genera of Birds: With Their Synonyma and an Indication of the by George Robert Gray (1841)
"The name Psittacula should be quoted on the authority of Brisson, not of Kuhl. Brisson divides the genus Psittacus into six subgenera, which, being based on ..."

4. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The grey parrots, of the genus Psittacus, are confined to this sub-region, as are two peculiar genera of partridges, and three of guinea- fowl. ..."

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