Pachyptila
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Translingual
Etymology
A classical compound of the Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús, “thick”) + πτῐ́λον (ptílon, “wing; feather”) + the Latin -a. Compare Pachyptile, Pachyptilum, and Pachyptilus.
Proper noun
Pachyptila f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Procellariidae – the prions.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Procellariiformes – order; Procellariidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pachyptila turtur (fairy prion), Pachyptila belcheri (slender-billed prion), Pachyptila crassirostris (fulmar prion), Pachyptila vittata (broad-billed prion), Pachyptila desolata (Antarctic prion), Pachyptila salvini (Salvin's prion)
Descendants
- English: pachyptile
- French: Pachyptile
- Italian: Pachittila
- Spanish: Paquiptilo
References
Pachyptila on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pachyptila on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Pachyptila on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Pachyptila at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Pachyptila at World Register of Marine Species
- Pachyptila at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
