Megaptera
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), in reference to its flippers.
Proper noun
editMegaptera f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Balaenopteridae – the humpback whale.
Hypernyms
edit- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order; Mysticeti - suborder; Balaenopteridae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Megaptera novaeangliae - sole extant species
References
edit- Megaptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Megaptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Megaptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons