brachypus

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In herpetology, a genus of lizards. Fitzinger, 1826.
2. n. In conchology, a genus of gastropods.
3. n. In entomology: A genus of beetles. Schönherr, 1826.
4. n. A genus of dipterous insects, of the family Dolichopodidœ. Meigen, 1824.
5. n. In ornithology: A genus of swifts. Meyer, 1815. See Apus, Micropus, and Cypselus.
6. n. A genus of thrushes and other birds, of the subfamily Brachypodinæ. Swainson, 1824.