Anas platyrhynchos
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Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]From New Latin anas (“duck”) and Ancient Greek πλατυρρυγχος (platurrhunkhos, “broad snouted”), from πλατύς (platús, “wide, flat”) and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout, beak”).
Proper noun
[edit]- A taxonomic species within the family Anatidae – mallard, a dabbling duck, native to the temperate and subtropical Americas.
Synonyms
[edit]- (species): Anas adunca, Anas boschas (obsolete)
Hypernyms
[edit]- (species): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae – clades; Carinatae – subclass; Neornithes – infraclass; Neognathae – parvclass; Anseriformes – order; Anatidae – family; Anas – genus
References
[edit]Anas platyrhynchos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anas platyrhynchos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Anas platyrhynchos on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia