Machaerirhynchus
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek μάχαιρα (mákhaira, “dagger”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “bill”), coined by British ornithologist and naturalist John Gould in 1850.[1]
Proper noun
Machaerirhynchus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Machaerirhynchidae – the boatbills.
References
- ^ John Gould (1850 December) “On new Australian Birds in the Collection of the Zoological Society of London”, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, volume 1850, part XVIII, London, page 277: “Bill rather shorter than the head, very much depressed and widely dilated, causing it to assume a lancet-like form; […] .”
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN