Sycorax
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Translingual
Proper noun
Sycorax f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Psychodidae – certain moth flies and sand flies.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Diptera – order; Nematocera - suborder; Psychodomorpha - infraorder; Psychodidae - family; Sycoracinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sycorax silacea - type species
Coordinate terms
- (genus in Sycoracinae): Aposycorax, Parasycorax, Xenosycorax - genera
References
Sycorax (fly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sycorax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Psychodidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
Named after Caliban's mother in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
Proper noun
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