Meliphaga
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin meliphaga, from Ancient Greek μέλι (méli, “honey”) + φαγητόν (phagētón, “food, consumption”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn) aorist of ἐσθίω (esthíō), ἔδω (édō, “to eat, to consume”).
Proper noun edit
Meliphaga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Meliphagidae.
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; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Corvida - parvorder; Meliphagoidea - superfamily; Meliphagidae - family
References edit
Meliphaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Meliphaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Meliphaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
