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Archilochus
Archilochus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, after Ἀρχίλοχος (Arkhílokhos) (Aristilochus, a Greek lyric poet)
Proper noun
Archilochus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Animalia - kingdom; Chordata - phylum; Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Apodiformes - order; Trochilidae - family; Trochilinae - subfamily
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Archilochus
- An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 7th century Archaic or a Classical Greek poet.