Definition of Steatornis caripensis

1. Noun. Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter.

Exact synonyms: Guacharo, Oilbird
Generic synonyms: Caprimulgiform Bird
Group relationships: Genus Steatornis, Steatornis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steatornis Caripensis

Stateside
Statherian
Stations
Stations of the Cross
Statistical Commission
Statue of Liberty
Stavanger
Stavka
Stavropol
Stavros
Stayman
Stayman Winesap
Ste.
Steadicam
Steatornis
Steatornis caripensis
Steatornithidae
Steele
Steenie
Stef
Stefan
Stefan Wyszynski
Stefan Zweig
Stefani
Stefanie
Stefany
Steff
Steffens
Steffi
Steffi Graf

Literary usage of Steatornis caripensis

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

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"This is the well- known " oil bird," the steatornis caripensis of science, and also called the guacharo by the natives, who enter every season the caves ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1905)
"Morse, E. 1872. On the Tarsus and Carpus of Birds. Am. Lye. NY Müller, J. 1841. Über die Anatomie des steatornis caripensis. Monatsber. dk Akad. der wiss. ..."

3. Reports on Zoology for 1843, 1844 by Andreas Johann Wagner, Franz Hermann Troschel, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1847)
"... the eggs of steatornis caripensis present the closest similarity with those of Owls, and especially of Strix flammea, O. des Murs (Rev. Zool. ..."

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