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Sirystes

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Etymology

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Either a misspelling or a random vowel shift of Ancient Greek συριστης (suristēs, piper), from συριζω (surizō, to play the pipes), from συριγξ (surinx), συριγγος (suringos, shepherd's pipe).

Proper noun

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Sirystes m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tyrannidae.

Hypernyms

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References

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  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
  • Jobling, J. A. (2017). Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2017). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from www.hbw.com on 31 July 2017).