Veles
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Veles m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Caprimulgidae – brown nightjar, of much of tropical Africa.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Caprimulgiformes - order; Caprimulgidae (nightjars) - family; Caprimulginae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. - sole species
References
- Veles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Veles on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Veles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
English
Proper noun
Veles
- A city in central North Macedonia.
- Veles, the pagan Slavic god of the fertile earth, waters, and the underworld, often visualized as a chimera
- Synonym: Volos
Translations
a city in the Republic of Macedonia
a pagan Slavic god