Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of Cotingidæ or of Pipridæ, founded by Brisson in 1760, type of the subfamily Rupicolinæ; the rock-manikins, rock-cocks, or cocks of the rock, having the outer primary emarginate and attenuate toward the end.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.
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- noun zoology Any of several
South American passerine birds , of the genusRupicola , having brightplumage and a fan-shapedcrest on the head
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- noun cock of the rocks
Etymologies
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Examples
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The blue-flowered Dahlia scherffii and Dahlia rupicola cover smaller geographical areas.
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The blue-flowered Dahlia scherffii and Dahlia rupicola cover smaller geographical areas.
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The CSNR is known to contain more than 400 of Suriname's known bird species, including Scarlet, Red-and-Green and Blue-and-Gold Macaws, (Ara macao, Ara chloroptera, Ara ararauna); Great Tinamou (Tinamus major), Black Curassow (Crax alector) the Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola rupicola) and the Harpy Eagle.
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The northern section of the CSNR is known globally as one of the best places to see Red and Green Macaws (Ara chloroptera) and the Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola rupicola).
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The palm Salacca rupicola endemic to limestone; occurs ledges and sills.
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A total of 900 plant species have been recorder in Aeolian islands, including 4 endemic species: Bassia saxicola, Dianthus rupicola, Silene hicesiae, Cytiscus aeolicus and Ophrys lunurata.
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Other rare endemics are the palm Loxococcus rupicola (R) and Atalantia rotundifolia, the latter being restricted to Sinhagala at 742 m.
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Of particular significance is Wild sago palm Eugeissona utilis, that occurs on the steep slopes of Gunung Mulu; Iguanura melinauensis and Licuala lanata are endemic to the alluvial plain; Calamus Neilsonii and Salacca rupicola are endemic to the limestone and Areca abdulrahmanii occurs on the Setap shales.
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Avian richness and diversity are high, and shares affinites with the Guyana Highlands and northern Andes (cock of the rock Rupicola rupicola) as well as the Amazonian lowlands (hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin).
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In a study of the Combretum genus throughout Pernambuco, Brazil, list Combretum rupicola as endemic to Fernando de Noronha.
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