Hystrix
See also: hystrix
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin hystrix (“porcupine”).
Proper noun edit
Hystrix f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hystricidae – certain Old World porcupines.
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – species now transferred to genera Elymus and Leymus.
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; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Phiomorpha - infraorder; Hystricidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Hystrix cristata - (type species); Hystrix africaeaustralis, Hystrix brachyura, Hystrix crassispinis, , Hystrix hodgsoni, Hystrix indica, Hystrix javanica, Hystrix pumila, Hystrix sumatrae (other species)
Further reading edit
- porcupines
Hystrix (mammal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Hystrix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Hystrix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- grasses
- Hystrix (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hystrix at The Plant List