Numenius
Appearance
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek νουμήνιος (noumḗnios, “curlew”).
Proper noun
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Scolopacidae – curlews and whimbrels.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Charadriiformes – order; Charadrii – suborder; Scolopacidae – family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Numenius arquata (Eurasian curlew) – type species; Numenius americanus (long-billed curlew), Numenius borealis (Eskimo curlew), Numenius hudsonicus (Hudsonian whimbrel), Numenius madagascariensis (far eastern curlew), Numenius minutus (little curlew), Numenius phaeopus (Eurasian whimbrel, common whimbrel, or white-rumped whimbrel), Numenius tahitiensis (bristle-thighed curlew), Numenius tenuirostris (slender-billed curlew) – other species
References
[edit]- Numenius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Numenius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Numenius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN