Definition of Genus pernis

1. Noun. A common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts.

Exact synonyms: Pernis
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Member holonyms: Honey Buzzard, Pernis Apivorus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pernis

genus Peperomia
genus Perca
genus Percina
genus Perdix
genus Pereskia
genus Pericallis
genus Peridinium
genus Perilla
genus Periophthalmus
genus Peripatopsis
genus Peripatus
genus Periplaneta
genus Periploca
genus Perisoreus
genus Peristedion
genus Pernis
genus Perodicticus
genus Perognathus
genus Peromyscus
genus Peronospora
genus Persea
genus Persoonia
genus Pertusaria
genus Petasites
genus Petaurista
genus Petaurus
genus Petrocoptis
genus Petrogale
genus Petromyzon
genus Petroselinum

Literary usage of Genus pernis

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

1. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"... tract-formation, a peculiar conformation of the feet, and other characters as noticed further on. 5. The genus Pernis is distinguished from ordinary ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"The genus pernis, which is distinguished by having the lorum, which surrounds the eye, feathered instead of naked, contains but one species, ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"Genus PERNIS. PERNIS CRISTATA ? I have not been able to ascertain anything relating to the nesting or the eggs of this Buzzard, but I was informed by a Mhar ..."

4. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1838)
"In regard to the genus Pernis (honey-buzzard), had the author enjoyed the opportunity of examining the specimens now before us, ..."

5. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"... but on dissection I found it to be a male As far as I know the sub-genus Pernis, which is so remarkable in other respects, is the only instance among ..."

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