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Eudyptes
Eudyptes
Translingual
Proper noun
Eudyptes m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Spheniscidae – crested penguins.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Sphenisciformes - order; Spheniscidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Eudyptes chrysolophus, Eudyptes moseleyi, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Eudyptes robustus, Eudyptes schlegeli, Eudyptes sclateri - genera
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276