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2025
Balaeniceps
Balaeniceps
Translingual
Wikispecies
Proper noun
Balaeniceps
m
A taxonomic
genus
within the
family
Balaenicipitidae
– the
shoebill
or
whalehead
.
References
Gill, F. and Wright, M.
(2006)
Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
, Princeton University Press,
ISBN
978-0691128276
Etymology
From
Latin
balaena
(
“
whale
”
)
+
-ceps
(
“
headed
”
)
.
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