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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Podargidae .
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Examples
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Besides this pigeon, the only new bird I obtained during the trip was a rare goat-sucker (Batrachostomus crinifrons), the only species of the genus yet found in the Moluccas.
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The unexpected highlight of the almost 5 hour walk was the sighting of a pair of highly endangered Ceylon Frogmouths Batrachostomus moniliger, for which Thattekadu is justly famous.
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Podargidae Dulit frogmouth Batrachostomus harterti
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a rare goat-sucker (Batrachostomus crinifrons), the only species of the genus yet found in the Moluccas.
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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