Rhinopomastus

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Ancient Greek [Term?] "nose" + "little cover".

Proper noun

Rhinopomastus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Phoeniculidae – scimitarbills.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - clade; Bucerotiformes - order; Upupi - suborder; Phoeniculidae - family

Hyponyms

(family): Rhinopomastus aterrimus (black scimitarbill), Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (common scimitarbill), Rhinopomastus minor (Abyssinian scimitarbill) - species

References

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

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