Chione
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē, “nymph in Greek myth”).
Proper noun
Chione f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – certain Venus clams.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – trees from the neotropics.
Hypernyms
- (genus of clams): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Autobranchia - subclass; Heteroconchia - superorder; Venerida - order; Veneroidea - superfamily; Veneridae - family
- (genus of trees): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Rubiaceae - family; Cinchonoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus of clams): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (cross-barred Venus) - type species
- (genus of trees): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (fatpork) - sole accepted species
References
- clams
Chione (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Chione on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - The template Template:R:NCBI does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chione at AnimalBase - Lua error: The template Template:R:ITIS does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chione at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. - Lua error: The template Template:R:WoRMS does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chione at World Register of Marine Species
- trees
- Chione (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chione (Rubiaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Chione (Rubiaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chione at Germplasm Resources Information Network - Lua error: The template Template:R:Tropicos does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chione at Tropicos - The template Template:R:TPL does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chione at APWeb
English
Alternative forms
- Khione (scholarly)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē), derived from χιών (khiṓn, “snow”).
Proper noun
Chione
- (Greek mythology) She is the daughter of Boreas, (the North Wind), and Oreithyia, (an Athenian princess whom he had abducted). Her siblings are Zetes, Calaides and Cleopatra, (the wife of Phineus).
- (Greek mythology) A nymph.
Further reading
- Chione (daughter of Boreas) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia