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Batis

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See also: batis, batís, and bâtis

Translingual

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Etymology

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Coined by German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1833.[1] Apparently from Ancient Greek βατίς (batís), an unidentified worm- or grub-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle in History of Animals.[2][3]

Proper noun

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Batis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Platysteiridae – sparrow-like birds of sub-Saharan Africa.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Bataceae – salt-tolerant plants native to warm-temperate-to-tropical America and tropical Australasia; pickleweed.

Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Boie (1833) “Fernere Vemertungen über Classification der Vögel”, in Isis von Oken (in German), volume 26, page (column 880)
  2. ^ Aristotle (c. 350 BC) Των περί τα ζώα ιστοριών [History of Animals]‎[1] (in Ancient Greek), volume 8, part 3
  3. ^ James A. Jobling, editor (n.d.), “Batis”, in Birds of the World[2], Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, archived from the original on 2022-01-18

Further reading

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