Xema
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Coined by William Elford Leach as a meaningless pair of syllables, not derived from anything.
Proper noun edit
Xema f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Laridae – the fork-tailed gull, an Arctic species.
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; Charadriiformes - order; Lari - suborder; Laridae - family; Larinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Xema sabini - species
References edit
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN