Hystrix

See also: hystrix

Translingual

Hystrix cristata

Etymology

From Latin hystrix (“porcupine”).

Proper noun

Hystrix f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hystricidae – certain Old World porcupines.
2. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – species now transferred to genera Elymus and Leymus.

Hypernyms

• (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

• (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

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