Trigona

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See also: trigona

Translingual[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Coined by naturalist Louis Jurine in 1807.^[1] Compare Latin trigōna (“triangular”).

Proper noun[edit]

Trigona f

A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – three species of vulture bees and many other stingless bees.
A taxonomic subgenus within the family Apidae – Trigona (Trigona).

Hypernyms[edit]

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; Apoidea – superfamily; Apidae – family; Apinae - subfamily; Meliponini - tribe

Hyponyms[edit]

(genus): Duckeola, Frieseomelitta, Geotrigona, Tetragona, Tetragonisca, Trigona - subgenera
- Trigona australis, Trigona hypogea - selected species

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Trigona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Trigona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Trigona on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

^ Jurine, Louis (1807) Nouvelle méthode de classer les hyménoptères et les diptères [New method for classifying Hymenoptera and Diptera] (in French), Geneva: J.J. Paschoud

Italian[edit]

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Trigona (famiglia)

Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Trigona m or f by sense

a surname
a Sicilian noble family

Anagrams[edit]

granito, gratino, gratinò, ingrato, targoni

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