Scolecophagus
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek [Term?] (“worm”) + [Term?] (“eat”)
Proper noun
[edit]Scolecophagus 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