Coturnicops
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin cōturnīx (“quail”) + Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “eye, appearance”), named for showing similarity to a quail in size and colour.
Proper noun
Coturnicops m
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Gruiformes - order; Rallidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Coturnicops exquisitus, Coturnicops notatus, Coturnicops noveboracensis - species
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN