Gallinago

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin gallīna (“hen”) + -āgō.

Proper noun

Gallinago f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scolopacidae – most of the extant snipes.

Hypernyms

• (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; Charadrii – suborder; Scolopacidae – family; Scolopacinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Gallinago gallinago (common snipe) – type species; Gallinago andina (puna snipe), Gallinago delicata (Wilson's snipe), Gallinago hardwickii (Latham's snipe), Gallinago macrodactyla (Madagascar snipe), Gallinago media (great snipe), Gallinago megala (Swinhoe's snipe), Gallinago nemoricola (wood snipe), Gallinago nigripennis (African snipe), Gallinago nobilis (noble snipe), Gallinago paraguaiae (South American snipe), Gallinago solitaria (solitary snipe), Gallinago stenura (pin-tailed snipe), Gallinago undulata (giant snipe) – other species

Coordinate terms

• (genus of snipes): Coenocorypha, Lymnocryptes – other genera of extant snipes

Derived terms

• Gallinago stricklandii (syn. of Chubbia stricklandii)

References

• Gallinago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gallinago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Gallinago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN.