Ensifera
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Ensifera ensifera (sword-billed hummingbird) 
ovipositor of a long-horned grasshopper (suborder Ensifera)
See also: ensifera
Translingual
Etymology 1
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From Latin ēnsifera (“sword-bearing”), referring to the blade-like bill.
Proper noun
Ensifera f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – sword-billed hummingbird.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ensifera ensifera (sword-billed hummingbird) - sole species
References
Sword-billed Hummingbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ensifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Ensifera (Trochilidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ensifera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
From Latin ēnsifera (“sword-bearing”), referring to the blade-like ovipositor.
Proper noun
Ensifera
References
- Ensifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ensifera (Orthoptera) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Ensifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Ensifera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.