Anas platyrhynchos
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin anas (“duck”) and Ancient Greek πλατυρρυγχος (platurrhunkhos, “broad snouted”), from πλατύς (platús, “wide, flat”) and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout, beak”).
Proper noun edit
- A taxonomic species within the family Anatidae – mallard, a dabbling duck, native to the temperate and subtropical Americas.
Synonyms edit
- (species): Anas adunca, Anas boschas (obsolete)
Hypernyms edit
- (species): Anseriformes - order; Anatidae - family; Anas - genus
References edit
- Anas platyrhynchos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Anas platyrhynchos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Anas platyrhynchos on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia