Clanga
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Evidently from Ancient Greek κλάγγος (klángos), an alternate reading of πλάγγος (plángos, “a kind of eagle”), though some sources (following Willughby, 1676) instead posit a relationship to Ancient Greek κλαγγή (klangḗ, “clash”) or Latin clangō (“I clang; (of an eagle) I scream”).
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – spotted eagles, of the Old World.
Hypernyms edit
- (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; Aquilinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Clanga clanga (greater spotted eagle), Clanga pomarina (lesser spotted eagle), Clanga hastata (Indian spotted eagle) - species
References edit
Clanga (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Clanga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Clanga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
