Ensifera

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Translingual

Etymology 1

Ensifera ensifera (sword-billed hummingbird)

From Latin ēnsifera (“sword-bearing”), referring to the blade-like bill.

Proper noun

Ensifera f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – sword-billed hummingbird.
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Etymology 2

ovipositor of a long-horned grasshopper (suborder Ensifera)

From Latin ēnsifera (“sword-bearing”), referring to the blade-like ovipositor.

Proper noun

Ensifera

  1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Orthoptera – crickets, katydids and weta.

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