Translingual

Proper noun

Pernis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Accipitriformes - order; Accipitridae - family; Perninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pernis apivorus - type species; for other species see Pernis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
• Georges Cuvier, Henry M'Murtrie (trans.), The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization (1831).

Latin

Noun

pernīs

1. dative plural of perna
2. ablative plural of perna

References

• PERNIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)