Bonasa
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Bonasa-umbellus-001edit1.jpg/220px-Bonasa-umbellus-001edit1.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Likely an alteration of Latin bonāsus (“a mythological bull-like creature”).
Proper noun
[edit]Bonasa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (subfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Galloanseri - superorder; Galliformes - order; Phasianidae - family; Tetraoninae - subfamily
References
[edit]- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN