Definition of Melanotis

1. Noun. A genus of Mimidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Melanotis
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Mimidae, Mimidae
Member holonyms: Blue Mockingbird, Melanotis Caerulescens

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanotis

Melampsoraceae
Melanchthon
Melanerpes
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Melanesia
Melanesian
Melanesians
Melanie
Melanie Klein
Melanitta
Melanitta nigra
Melanochroi
Melanogrammus
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Melanoplus
Melanotis
Melanotis caerulescens
Melanthiaceae
Melastoma malabathricum
Melastomaceae
Melastomataceae
Melb
Melba
Melba toast
Melbourne
Melbournite
Melbournites
Melburnian
Melburnians
Melchior

Literary usage of Melanotis

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

1. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"... with their breast to the wall and wings spread out, exactly as represented in Egyptian monuments." 1230. Milvus melanotis. The Large Lidian Kite. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1893)
"Salvin-Gudman and Gould Colls. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Salvin-Godman Coll. Tweeddale Coll. Odontophorus melanotis, Salvin ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"... Species of AMERICAN BIRDS from various localities, with a note on Zonotrichia melanotis. EY GEO. N. LAWRENCE. [Continued from page 359.]* 5. ..."

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