cinclus

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The typical and only genus of birds of the family Cinclidæ or water-ouzels. The European species is C. aquaticus; the North American is C. mexicanus. Bechstein, 1802. See cut under Cinclidæ:
2. n. A name given by G. R. Gray (after Moehring, 1752) to a genus of wading birds, the turnstones, usually called Strepsilas (which see).

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. the type genus of the bird family Cinclidae. It includes the water ouzels Cinclus aquaticus of Europe and Cinclus mexicanus of western North America.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. type genus of the family Cinclidae