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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Parulidae .
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Examples
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Oven-bird, or golden-crowned thrush (_Seiurus aurocapillus_).
Birds and Poets : with Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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Abbott, Dr. C.C., instability of habits of birds, 76 on American water-thrushes (Seiurus), 117
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Certainly the water-thrushes (Seiurus ludovicianus, S. auricapillus, and S. noveboracensis) have taken many preliminary steps to becoming as aquatic as the dipper; and the winter-wren, and even the Maryland yellow-throat are not far behind. "[
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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He says that "the water-thrushes (Seiurus sp.) all wade in water, and often, seeing minute mollusca on the bottom of the stream, plunge both head and neck beneath the surface, so that often, for several seconds, a large part of the body is submerged.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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