Gallinago
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from Latin gallīna (“hen”) + -āgō.
Proper noun edit
Gallinago f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Scolopacidae – most of the extant snipes.
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; Charadriiformes - order; Charadrii - suborder; Scolopacidae - family; Scolopacinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Gallinago solitaria (solitary snipe), Gallinago hardwickii (Latham's snipe), Gallinago nemoricola (wood snipe), Gallinago stenura (pin-tailed snipe), Gallinago megala (Swinhoe's snipe), Gallinago nigripennis (African snipe), Gallinago macrodactyla (Madagascar snipe), Gallinago media (great snipe), Gallinago gallinago (common Snipe), Gallinago delicata (Wilson's snipe), Gallinago paraguaiae (South American snipe), Gallinago andina (Puna snipe), Gallinago nobilis (noble snipe), Gallinago undulata (giant snipe) - species
Coordinate terms edit
- (genus of snipes): Coenocorypha, Lymnocryptes - other genera of extant snipes
Derived terms edit
- Gallinago stricklandii (syn. of Chubbia stricklandii)
References edit
Gallinago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Gallinago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Gallinago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
