Scolecophagus
Translingual
editEtymology
editAncient Greek [Term?] (“worm”) + [Term?] (“eat”)
Proper noun
editScolecophagus f
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Icteridae – birds including the maggot-eater or Brewer's blackbird and the rusty grackle or rusty blackbird, now genus Euphagus..
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; Passerida - infraorder; Passeroidea - superfamily; Icteridae - family
References
edit- “Scolecophagus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Euphagus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Euphagus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies