Eudyptes

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Translingual

Eudyptes sclateri

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “good, well”) + δύπτης (dúptēs, “diver”)

Proper noun

Eudyptes m

A taxonomic genus within the family Spheniscidae – crested penguins.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(genus): Eudyptes chrysolophus, Eudyptes moseleyi, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Eudyptes robustus, Eudyptes schlegeli, Eudyptes sclateri - genera

References

Eudyptes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Eudyptes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Eudyptes 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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