Translingual

Proper noun

Quiscalus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Icteridae – six of the ten species of grackles, of the New World.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - parvorder; Passeroidea - superfamily; Icteridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): boat-tailed grackle, Quiscalus major; common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula great-tailed grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus; slender-billed grackle, Quiscalus palustris - extinct (1910); Nicaraguan grackle, Quiscalus nicaraguensis; greater Antillean grackle, Quiscalus niger; Carib grackle, Quiscalus lugubris

References

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