Circus

See also: circus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin circus, from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “type of hawk or falcon”).

Proper noun

Circus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – 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

• (genus): Circus aeruginosus (western marsh harrier) - type species; Circus spilonotus (eastern marsh harrier), Circus spilothorax (Papuan harrier), Circus approximans (swamp harrier), Circus ranivorus (African marsh harrier), Circus maillardi (Reunion harrier), Circus macrosceles (Malagasy harrier), Circus buffoni (long-winged harrier), Circus assimilis (spotted harrier), Circus maurus (black harrier), Circus cyaneus (hen harrier), Circus hudsonius (northern harrier), Circus cinereus (cinereous harrier), Circus macrourus (pallid harrier), Circus melanoleucos (pied harrier), Circus pygargus (Montagu's harrier) - other species

References

• Harrier (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Circus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Circus (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

German

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Noun

Circus m (strong, genitive Circus or Circusses, plural Circusse)

1. Alternative spelling of Zirkus

Declension

Declension of Circus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Circus	die	Circusse
genitive	eines	des	Circus, Circusses	der	Circusse
dative	einem	dem	Circus, Circusse1	den	Circussen
accusative	einen	den	Circus	die	Circusse

¹Now rare, see notes.