Merops

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέροψ (mérops), μέροπος (méropos, “bee-eater”); the Greek sense evolved from μέροψ (mérops, “endowed with speech”), as it was used in poetry to describe articulated people who "divided voices," from μέρος (méros, “portion”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).

Proper noun

Merops m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Meropidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Coraciiformes – order; Meropidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Merops apiaster (European bee-eater) – type species; for other species see Merops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Derived terms

• Promerops

References

• Merops on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Merops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Merops on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
• Andreanidis, Antonios (2016): Scientific Names of Southern African Birds Explained: Is It All Greek to You?