Setonix

Translingual

Setonix brachyurus (sole species)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Setonix m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – the single species Setonix brachyurus.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia - infraclass; Diprotodontia - order; Macropodiformes - suborder; Macropodidae - family; Macropodinae - subfamily (quokka)

Hyponyms

• (genus): Setonix brachyurus (species)

Further reading

• quokka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Setonix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Setonix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Alternative forms

• saetonyx

Etymology

From Latin sēta ("bristle") and Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux) ("nail").

Noun

sētonix m or f (genitive sētonichis); third declension

1. (New Latin) quokka

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sētonix	sētonichēs
Genitive	sētonichis	sētonichum
Dative	sētonichī	sētonichibus
Accusative	sētonichem	sētonichēs
Ablative	sētoniche	sētonichibus
Vocative	sētonix	sētonichēs