Aethia

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Translingual

Aethia cristatella

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἴθυια (aíthuia, “a diving bird, perhaps the shearwater”).

Proper noun

Aethia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Alcidae – four auklet species of the North Pacific.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(genus): Aethia cristatella, Aethia psittacula, Aethia pusilla, Aethia pygmaea – species

See also

Paleoaethia (class Trilobita, order/family incertae sedis)

References

Aethia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aethia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aethia 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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