Crax

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

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Proper noun

Crax f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cracidae – some of the curassows, of the tropical Americas.

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; Craci - suborder; Cracidae - family;  - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Crax alberti, Crax alector, Crax blumenbachii, Crax daubentoni, Crax fasciolata, Crax globulosa - species

Derived terms

• Nothocrax

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN