Bambusicola
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Bambusicola_thoracicus1.jpg/220px-Bambusicola_thoracicus1.jpg)
Etymology
From New Latin bambusa (“bamboo”) + -cola (“inhabitant”).
Proper noun
Bambusicola m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae – bamboo partridges.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Galloanseri - superorder; Galliformes - order; Phasianidae - family; Perdicinae - subfamily
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN