Translingual

Proper noun

Chordeiles m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Caprimulgidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Caprimulgiformes - order; Caprimulgidae - family; Chordeilinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Chordeiles acutipennis, Chordeiles gundlachii, Chordeiles minor, Chordeiles pusillus, Chordeiles rupestris - species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276