Atthis
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, after Atthis (“a mythological Greek woman, after whom Actaea was renamed Attica”), from Ancient Greek Ἀτθίς (Atthís).
Proper noun
Atthis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds.
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; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae - subfamily
References
- Atthis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Atthis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN