Translingual

Rallus aquaticus

Proper noun

Rallidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Gruiformes – the rails, crakes and coots.

Hypernyms

• (family): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Gruiformes - order

Hyponyms

References

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