Denebola
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
†Denebola f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Monodontidae – an extinct whale thought to be ancestral to the beluga.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder; Monodontidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Denebola brachycephala - species
References edit
- Denebola (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Denebola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Denebola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Denebola at Paleobiology Database
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Arabic ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد (ḏanab al-ʔasad, “the lion's tail”), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, “tail”) + أَسَد (ʔasad, “lion”).
Proper noun edit
Denebola
- Beta Leonis, the second-brightest star in the constellation of Leo.
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Etymology edit
From Arabic ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد (ḏanab al-ʔasad, “the lion's tail”), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, “tail”) + أَسَد (ʔasad, “lion”).
Proper noun edit
Denebola f