Lanius

See also: lanius

Translingual

Lanius excubitor

Etymology

From Latin lanius (“butcher”).

Proper noun

Lanius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Laniidae – shrikes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Corvida - parvorder; Corvoidea - superfamily; Laniidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lanius excubitor (great grey shrike) - type species; Lanius borealis (northern shrike), Lanius bucephalus (bull-headed shrike), Lanius cabanisi, Lanius collaris (southern fiscal), Lanius collurio (red-backed shrike), Lanius collurioides (Burmese shrike), Lanius cristatus (brown shrike), Lanius dorsalis, Lanius excubitoroides (grey-backed fiscal), Lanius gubernator, Lanius humeralis (northern fiscal), Lanius isabellinus (isabelline shrike), Lanius ludovicianus (loggerhead shrike), Lanius mackinnoni, Lanius meridionalis (Iberian grey shrike), Lanius minor (lesser grey shrike), Lanius newtoni, Lanius nubicus (masked shrike), Lanius phoenicuroides (red-tailed shrike), Lanius schach (long-tailed shrike), Lanius senator (woodchat shrike), Lanius somalicus, Lanius souzae, Lanius sphenocercus, Lanius tephronotus, Lanius tigrinus (tiger shrike), Lanius validirostris (mountain shrike), Lanius vittatus - other species

References

• Lanius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lanius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lanius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lanius (“butcher”), a Latinized form of Dutch vleeshouwer.

Proper noun

Lanius (plural Laniuses)

1. A surname from Latin.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lanius is the 41303^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 527 individuals. Lanius is most common among White (96.58%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lanius”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 392.