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Definition: Buceros

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Type genus of the family Bucerotidae.[Wordnet]
2. A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Buceros" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1825. (references)

Specialty Definition: Buceros

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] The hornbill or Indian raven; a genus of birds, common in the East Indies.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wikipedic Buceros is a genus of the Bucerotidae Family (hornbills). (references)

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Common Expressions: Buceros

Expressions Definition
Genus Buceros Type genus of the family Bucerotidae. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Buceros


Buceros

Buceros
Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinoceros
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Buceros rhinoceros
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Buceros
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Synonyms

Hydrocorax Brisson, 1760

Buceros is a genus of the subfamily Bucerotinae (hornbills). Species included in the genus are:

  • Rhinoceros Hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros
  • Great Hornbill, Buceros bicornis
  • Rufous Hornbill, Buceros hydrocorax
  • Helmeted Hornbill, Buceros vigil



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