Megaptera
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), in reference to its flippers.
Proper noun
[edit]Megaptera f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Balaenopteridae – the humpback whale.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea - infraorder; Balaenopteridae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Megaptera novaeangliae - sole extant species
References
[edit]- Megaptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Megaptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Megaptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons