Circus
See also: circus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin circus (“circle, ring”), from the circling movements in flight of pairs during courtship.
Proper noun
Circus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – the harriers.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Accipitriformes - order; Accipitridae - family; Circinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
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