Ocyphaps
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, keen, shrill, swift”) + φάψ (pháps, “wild pigeon”)
Proper noun[edit]
Ocyphaps f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – the crested pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes, found in most of non-tropical Australia.
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; Columbimorphae - clade; Columbiformes - order; Columbidae - family; Columbinae - subfamily
References[edit]
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN