Phalacrocorax

Translingual

Phalacrocorax carbo

Etymology

from Latin phalacrocorax (“coot, cormorant”), from Ancient Greek φαλακρός (phalakrós, “bald”) (from φαλός (phalós, “white”) + ἄκρον (ákron, “top”)) + κόραξ (kórax, “raven”)

Proper noun

Phalacrocorax m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phalacrocoracidae – cormorants.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Phalacrocorax carbo (great cormorant, great shag) - type species; Phalacrocorax capensis (Cape cormorant), Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese cormorant, Temminck's cormornat), Phalacrocorax featherstoni (Pitt shag (Featherston's shag), Phalacrocorax fuscescens (black-faced cormorant), Phalacrocorax fuscicollis (Indian cormorant), Phalacrocorax lucidus (white-breasted cormorant), Phalacrocorax neglectus (bank cormorant (Wahlberg's cormorant), Phalacrocorax nigrogularis (Socotra cormorant), Baird's cormorant, violet-green cormorant), Phalacrocorax punctatus (spotted shag), Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (little black cormorant), Phalacrocorax varius (Australian pied cormorant, yellow-faced cormorant) - extant species

References

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