Definition of Genus penelope

1. Noun. A genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds).

Exact synonyms: Penelope
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cracidae, Family Cracidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Penelope

genus Pecari
genus Pecopteris
genus Pecten
genus Pediculus
genus Pedilanthus
genus Pediocactus
genus Pedioecetes
genus Pedionomus
genus Peireskia
genus Pelargonium
genus Pelecanus
genus Pellaea
genus Pellicularia
genus Peltandra
genus Peltiphyllum
genus Penelope
genus Peneus
genus Penicillium
genus Pennatula
genus Pennisetum
genus Penstemon
genus Peperomia
genus Perca
genus Percina
genus Perdix
genus Pereskia
genus Pericallis
genus Peridinium
genus Perilla
genus Periophthalmus

Literary usage of Genus penelope

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

1. Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier: Including an by Christian Isobel Johnstone (1831)
"It is frequently domesticated in Brazil for the sake of the flesh, which is excellent eating. Another species of the genus (Penelope ..."

2. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"This most magnificent bird is common through* ont Yucatan. Of the genus Penelope were procured two species; one the crested guau (P. ..."

3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1837)
"Confining ourselves to the genus Penelope, we may remark that the toes, considered by themselves, might be taken for those of a cuckow, if the outer one was ..."

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