Numida

See also: numida and númida

Translingual

Proper noun

Numida m

A taxonomic genus within the family Numididae – the guineafowl.

Hypernyms

(genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Galliformes - order; Numididae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Numida meleagris - sole species

References

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

Further reading

Numida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Numida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Numida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Numida on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás). Confer with the later Nomas.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.mi.da/, [ˈnʊ.mɪ.da]

Noun

Numida m (genitive Numidae); first declension

a nomad
Numidian

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Numida	Numidae
genitive	Numidae	Numidārum
dative	Numidae	Numidīs
accusative	Numidam	Numidās
ablative	Numidā	Numidīs
vocative	Numida	Numidae

Derived terms

Numidia
Numidicus

Descendants

Portuguese: Númida

References

Numida in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Numida in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Numida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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