Definition of Pyrrhula
1. Noun. Bullfinches.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Fringillidae, Fringillidae
Member holonyms: Bullfinch, Pyrrhula Pyrrhula
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrrhula
Literary usage of Pyrrhula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"The home of this species is in Eastern North America, Greenland, and Iceland. Page 6I. Insert:— II. THE GREATER BULLFINCH. Pyrrhula Pyrrhula. ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"... the egg said to be darker in colour than that of the last-named bird. THE BULLFINCHES. GENUS Pyrrhula. Pyrrhula, Briss., Orn., iii., p. 308 (1760). ..."
3. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York by N.Y. Lyceum of Natural History (New York, New York Academy of Sciences (1848)
"... of the Appearance of the PINE GROSBEAK, Pyrrhula Enucleator, in the Environ» of New- ... Pyrrhula ..."