Translingual

Opisthocomus hoazin

Proper noun

Opisthocomiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Aves – the hoatzin and extinct relatives.

Hyponyms

• (class): Opisthocomidae (family)

References

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