Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Spheniscus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Spheniscidae – banded penguins.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Spheniscus demersus, Spheniscus humboldti, Spheniscus magellanicus, Spheniscus mendiculus - species

References

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