Merops
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέροψ (mérops), μέροπος (méropos, “bee-eater”); the Greek sense evolved from μέροψ (mérops, “endowed with speech”), as it was used in poetry to describe articulated people who "divided voices," from μέρος (méros, “portion”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).
Proper noun
Merops m
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Coraciiformes - order; Meropidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Merops apiaster (European bee-eater) – type species; for other species see
Merops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Derived terms
References
Merops on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Merops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Merops on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- Andreanidis, Antonios (2016): Scientific Names of Southern African Birds Explained: Is It All Greek to You?
