Haya
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Translingual
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit हय (haya, “horse”), short for हयग्रीव (hayagrīva, “a form of the Hindu god Vishnu”, literally “horse-necked”), as used in the species name Haya griva.
Proper noun
†Haya ?
- A taxonomic genus within the family †Thescelosauridae – an extinct bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Ornithodira - subsection; Dinosauria - superorder; †Ornithischia - order; †Thescelosauridae (or †Jehelosauridae) - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Haya griva - sole species
Etymology 2
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Proper noun
Haya f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Caryophyllaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Caryophyllaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus in Caryophyllaceae): Haya obovata - sole accepted species
References
- dinosaur
Haya griva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Haya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Haya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Haya at Encyclopedia of Life
- Haya at Paleobiology Database
- plant
- Caryophyllaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Caryophyllaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Caryophyllaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Haya at the Catalogue of Life
- Haya at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Haya at The Plant List
English
Noun
Haya pl (plural only)
- a group of people who live near Lake Victoria in Tanzania
Proper noun
Haya
- the language of these people
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Haya, hay
