Pernis

See also: pernis and pernîs

Translingual

Etymology

The name of the genus is due Cuvier (1816), after the species name Pernis apivorus (Linné 1758). The name πέρνης (pérnēs) is used by Aristotle of a bird of prey (Cuvier 1831:242)

Proper noun

Pernis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pernis apivorus - type species; for other species see Pernis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
• Georges Cuvier, Henry M'Murtrie (trans.), The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization (1831).

Further reading

• Pernis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pernis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pernis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pernis at National Center for Biotechnology Information

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as pernesse in 1250. Compound of Middle Dutch perre (“enclosed space”) and nesse (“headland, spit”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Per‧nis

Proper noun

Pernis n

1. A village and former municipality of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Pernissenaar

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “pernis”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN