Alectryon
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See also: alectryon
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Alectryon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – trees and shrubs native to southeast Asia and Australia.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Sapindales - order; Sapindaceae - family; Sapindoideae - subfamily
References[edit]
Alectryon (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Alectryon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Alectryon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Alectryon
- (Greek mythology) A youth charged by Ares to stand guard outside his door while the god indulged in illicit love with Aphrodite. He fell asleep and was transformed into a rooster as punishment.
- 1873 August, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[I. Tales of a Wayside Inn.] The Student’s Tale. Emma and Eginhard.”, in Aftermath, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 27:
- And there he lingered till the crowing cock, / The Alectryon of the farmyard and the flock, / Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear, / To tell the sleeping world that dawn was near.
Translations[edit]
character in Greek mythology
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