Merops

Translingual edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek μέροψ (mérops), μέροπος (méropos, “bee-eater”); the Greek sense evolved from μέροψ (mérops, “endowed with speech”), as it was used in poetry to describe articulated people who "divided voices," from μέρος (méros, “portion”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).

Proper noun edit

Merops m

A taxonomic genus within the family Meropidae.

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; Coraciiformes - order; Meropidae - family

Hyponyms edit

(genus): Merops apiaster (European bee-eater) - type species; for other species see Merops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Derived terms edit

Promerops

References edit

Merops on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Merops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Merops on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Andreanidis, Antonios (2016): Scientific Names of Southern African Birds Explained: Is It All Greek to You?