Ensifera

See also: ensifera

Translingual

Etymology 1

Ensifera ensifera (sword-billed hummingbird)

From Latin ēnsifera (“sword-bearing”), referring to the blade-like bill.

Proper noun

Ensifera f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – sword-billed hummingbird.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ensifera ensifera (sword-billed hummingbird) - sole species

References

• Sword-billed Hummingbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ensifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ensifera (Trochilidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ensifera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ensifera at Encyclopedia of Life
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

ovipositor of a long-horned grasshopper (suborder Ensifera)

From Latin ēnsifera (“sword-bearing”), referring to the blade-like ovipositor.

Proper noun

Ensifera

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Orthoptera – crickets, katydids and weta.

References

• Ensifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ensifera (Orthoptera) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ensifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ensifera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ensifera at Encyclopedia of Life