Translingual

Archilochus alexandri

Etymology

New Latin, after Ἀρχίλοχος ‎(Arkhílokhos) (Aristilochus, a Greek lyric poet)

Proper noun

Archilochus m

1. 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

• Archilochos

Proper noun

Archilochus

1. An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 7th century Archaic or a Classical Greek poet.

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