Gallinago
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin, from Latin gallīna (“hen”) + -āgō.
Proper noun
editGallinago f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Scolopacidae – most of the extant snipes.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Charadriiformes - order; Charadrii - suborder; Scolopacidae - family; Scolopacinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Gallinago solitaria (solitary snipe), Gallinago hardwickii (Latham's snipe), Gallinago nemoricola (wood snipe), Gallinago stenura (pin-tailed snipe), Gallinago megala (Swinhoe's snipe), Gallinago nigripennis (African snipe), Gallinago macrodactyla (Madagascar snipe), Gallinago media (great snipe), Gallinago gallinago (common snipe), Gallinago delicata (Wilson's snipe), Gallinago paraguaiae (South American snipe), Gallinago andina (puna snipe), Gallinago nobilis (noble snipe), Gallinago undulata (giant snipe) - species
Coordinate terms
edit- (genus of snipes): Coenocorypha, Lymnocryptes - other genera of extant snipes
Derived terms
edit- Gallinago stricklandii (syn. of Chubbia stricklandii)
References
edit- Gallinago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gallinago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Gallinago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN