Apus

See also: apus and APUs

Translingual

Apus apus, common swift

Etymology

From Latin apūs, from Ancient Greek ἄπους (ápous, “sand martin”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) (the birds rarely show their feet).

Proper noun

Apus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apodidae – swifts, that resemble swallows but have shorter tails.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Apodidae – family; Apodinae - subfamily; Apodini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Apus apus (common swift) - type species; Apus acuticauda, Apus affinis, Apus alexandri, Apus balstoni, Apus barbatus, Apus batesi, Apus berliozi, Apus bradfieldi, Apus caffer, Apus horus, Apus niansae, Apus nipalensis, Apus pacificus, Apus pallidus, Apus unicolor - species

References

• Apus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Apus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Apus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin apūs, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πούς (poús, “foot”); early specimens of birds of paradise obtained by Europeans had had their feet removed during traditional taxidermy, and were consequently believed by Europeans to lack feet—see Paradisaea apoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪpəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪpəs

Proper noun

Apus

1. (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a bird of paradise.

Derived terms

• Apodis

Translations

constellation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天燕座 (zh) (tiānyànzuò)

• Finnish: Paratiisilintu
• French: Oiseau de paradis (fr) m
• Galician: Ave do Paraíso (gl)
• German: Paradiesvogel (de)
• Indonesian: Apus (id)
• Irish: Éan Parthais m
• Japanese: 風鳥座 (ja) (hūchōza), ふうちょう座 (ja) (hūchōza)
• Korean: 극락조자리 (Geungnakjojari)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Paradiesvagel m

• Malay: Cenderawasih
• Polish: Ptak Rajski (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ave do Paraíso f
• Russian: Ра́йская Пти́ца f (Rájskaja Ptíca)
• Spanish: Apus

Anagrams

• UAPs, AUPs, Apsu, sapu, Puas, SPUA, puas, USAP, PUAs, pa'us, paus, upas

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈapus/ [ˈa.pʊs]
• Rhymes: -apus
• Syllabification: A‧pus
• Homophone: apus

Proper noun

Apus

1. (astronomy) Apus

Further reading

• “Apus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Proper noun

Apus ?

1. (astronomy) Apus (a constellation of the southern sky)