Esox

See also: esox

Translingual

Etymology

Attested in Pliny the Elder's Natural History as a word for a large fish from the Rhine, but otherwise only in New Latin, applied by Linnaeus to a pike. Most likely, the scant Classical references to a fresh-water fish indicate that the word was borrowed from Proto-Celtic *esoxs (compare Old Irish eó (“salmon”), Middle Welsh ehawc (“salmon”)); usually also compared is Ancient Greek ἴσοξ (ísox, “unknown whale-like fish”), attested only in a vocabulary list.

Proper noun

Esox m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Esocidae – the pike and related fish.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Esociformes - order; Esocidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): ( (redfin pickerel), , (grass pickerel) - subspecies); ; (southern pike); Esox lucius (northern pike); Esox masquinongy (muskellunge); (chain pickerel); (Amur pike) - species

References

• Esox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Esox on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Esox on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Esox at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Esox at AnimalBase
• Esox at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Esox at World Register of Marine Species