Definition of Genus catharacta

1. Noun. Skuas.

Exact synonyms: Catharacta
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Stercorariidae, Stercorariidae
Member holonyms: Bonxie, Skua

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Catharacta

genus Castanea
genus Castanopsis
genus Castilleia
genus Castilleja
genus Castor
genus Castoroides
genus Casuarina
genus Casuarius
genus Catacala
genus Catalpa
genus Catananche
genus Catasetum
genus Catha
genus Catharacta
genus Catharanthus
genus Cathartes
genus Cathaya
genus Catoptrophorus
genus Catostomus
genus Cattleya
genus Caulophyllum
genus Cavia
genus Cebuella
genus Cebus
genus Cecropia
genus Cedrela
genus Cedrus
genus Ceiba

Literary usage of Genus catharacta

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

1. Birds of the Northwest: A Hand-book of the Ornithology of the Region Drained by Elliott Coues (1874)
"... the former considering it as- a Gull, the latter making it the type of his genus Catharacta. ..."

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