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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae.

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Examples

  • The Caatinga Woodpecker (Celeus obrieni) was rediscovered during a recent ornithological survey in the Tocantins region of Central Brazil.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • Some of the birds include the ñandú (Rhea americana), Crypturellus undulatus, Celeus lugubris, Heterospizias meridionalis, and others.

    Humid Chaco 2008

  • And no one of men or deep-bosomed women knew her when they saw her, until she came to the house of wise Celeus who then was lord of fragrant Eleusis.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • But, as soon as dawn began to show, they told powerful Celeus all things without fail, as the lovely-crowned goddess Demeter charged them.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • So Celeus called the countless people to an assembly and bade them make a goodly temple for rich-haired Demeter and an altar upon the rising hillock.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • Triptolemus and Diocles, the horse-driver, and to doughty Eumolpus and Celeus, leader of the people, she showed the conduct of her rites and taught them all her mysteries, to Triptolemus and

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • But he always (so to speak) followed Celeus, who was the first man, it is said, that assembled daily a number of honorable persons of distinction, and called the place where they met the Prytaneum.

    Symposiacs 2004

  • But he always (so to speak) followed Celeus, who was the first man, it is said, that assembled daily a number of honorable persons of distinction, and called the place where they met the Prytaneum.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • Ceres and Triptolemus; of him was born Celeus, Celeus wedded

    The Acharnians 2000

  • Oh, Triptolemus and Celeus, do ye thus forsake your own blood?

    The Acharnians 2000

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