Pachyptila

Translingual

Etymology

A classical compound of the Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús, “thick”) +‎ πτῐ́λον (ptílon, “wing; feather”) + the Latin -a. Compare Pachyptile, Pachyptilum, and Pachyptilus.

Proper noun

Pachyptila f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Procellariidae – the prions.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Procellariiformes - order; Procellariidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pachyptila turtur (fairy prion), Pachyptila belcheri (slender-billed prion), Pachyptila crassirostris (fulmar prion), Pachyptila vittata (broad-billed prion), Pachyptila desolata (Antarctic prion), Pachyptila salvini (Salvin's prion)

Descendants

• English: pachyptile
• French: Pachyptile
• Italian: Pachittila
• Spanish: Paquiptilo

References

• Pachyptila on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pachyptila on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pachyptila on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pachyptila at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Pachyptila at World Register of Marine Species
• Pachyptila at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN