Sycorax

Translingual

Proper noun

Sycorax f

1. 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

Sycorax

1. A natural satellite of the planet Uranus

Translations

moon of Uranus

• Japanese: シコラクス (ja) (Shikorakusu)

Anagrams

• oxyarcs

Turkish

Proper noun

Sycorax

1. (astronomy) Sycorax