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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Psittacidae .
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Examples
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(Platycercus vulneratus), allied to an Australian species, and a green species of the genus Geoffroyus.
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Another beautiful bird of the parrot tribe was the Geoffroyus cyanicollis,
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Australian species, and a green species of the genus Geoffroyus.
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 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Another beautiful bird of the parrot tribe was the Geoffroyus cyanicollis, a green parrot with a red bill and head, which colour shaded on the crown into azure blue, and thence into verditer blue and the green of the back.
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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