Teretistris

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τερέτισμα (terétisma, “a humming, twanging, twittering”)

Proper noun

Teretistris m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Teretistridae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri – suborder; Passerida – infraorder; Emberizoidea – superfamily; Teretistridae – family

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN