Translingual

Proper noun

Fratercula f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Alcidae – the puffins.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Charadriiformes - order; Alcae - suborder; Alcidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Fratercula arctica (Atlantic puffin), Fratercula cirrhata (tufted puffin), Fratercula corniculata (horned puffin) - species

See also

• Puffinus

References

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