Trygon

See also: trygon

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin trȳgōn (“stingray”), from Ancient Greek τρῡγών (trūgṓn, “turtledove; stingray”).

Proper noun

Trygon m

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Trygonidae – Synonym of Dasyatis; certain stingrays, now in Dasyatidae.

Derived terms

• Brevitrygon
• Fluvitrygon
• Fontitrygon
• Megatrygon
• Neotrygon
• Pteroplatytrygon
• Telatrygon

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Trygon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Trygon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dasyatidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dasyatidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Trygon at Paleobiology Database