Pandion

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Translingual

Pandion haliaetus

Etymology

Named by French biologist Marie Jules César Savigny from Ancient Greek Πανδίων (Pandíōn), after Pandion II, a mythological king whose successor Nisos was said to have transformed into a sea-eagle.

Proper noun

Pandion m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pandionidae – the osprey.

References

  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πανδίων (Pandíōn).

Proper noun

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Pandion

  1. (Greek mythology) The name of two kings of Athens (Pandion I and Pandion II).

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