Definition of Genus sula

1. Noun. Type genus of the Sulidae.

Exact synonyms: Sula
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Sulidae, Sulidae
Member holonyms: Solan, Solan Goose, Solant Goose, Sula Bassana, Booby

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sula

genus Strophanthus
genus Stropharia
genus Struthio
genus Struthiomimus
genus Strymon
genus Sturnella
genus Sturnus
genus Stylomecon
genus Stylophorum
genus Styphelia
genus Styracosaurus
genus Styrax
genus Subularia
genus Suillus
genus Suksdorfia
genus Sula
genus Sundacarpus
genus Suricata
genus Surnia
genus Sus
genus Swainsona
genus Swertia
genus Swietinia
genus Sylvilagus
genus Symphalangus
genus Symphoricarpos
genus Symphytum
genus Symplocarpus
genus Symplocus
genus Synagrops

Literary usage of Genus sula

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

1. The Visitor, Or, Monthly Instructor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1838)
"By modern ornithologists, the genus Sula is placed in the family ... With respect to the restricted genus Sula, it is " characterized by a long bill, ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... is wrongly taken from Brisson who did not use it in a generic sense, but only as a species name for species 6 of his genus Sula namely [S«/a] fregata. ..."

3. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Much as has been said respecting the natural stupidity of other species of the genus Sula—Boobies as they are called,—the present appeared to be the Booby ..."

4. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"... I find it resembles closely the genus Sula. " The glenoid articular face descends to opposite the proximal third of the length; it is transversely ..."

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