Pelea
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See also: peleá
Translingual
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin pelea, from Hawaiian Pele (Hawaiian fire goddess) + -ea.
Proper noun
Pelea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – Pelea capreolus (grey rhebok).
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – now merged into Melicope.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Bovidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Bovidae - family; Reduncinae - subfamily
- (genus in Rutaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Sapindales – order; Rutaceae – family; Zanthoxyloideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus in Bovidae): Pelea capreolus (grey rhebok) - sole accepted species
- (genus in Rutaceae): For approximately 70 accepted species and many unaccepted and varieties, see Pelea at The Plant List
References
Grey rhebok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pelea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Pelea capreolus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Melicope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Melicope on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Melicope on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pelea at The Plant List
