Setonix
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
Setonix m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – the single species Setonix brachyurus.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia - infraclass; Diprotodontia - order; Macropodiformes - suborder; Macropodidae - family; Macropodinae - subfamily (quokka)
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Setonix brachyurus (species)
Further reading[edit]
- quokka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Setonix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Setonix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sēta ("bristle") and Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux) ("nail").[1]
Noun[edit]
sētonix m or f (genitive sētonichis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.