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Barbus
Barbus
See also: barbus
Translingual
Proper noun
Barbus m
- (formerly) A taxonomic genus within the family Barbidae – many fish resembling barbs and barbels, now being assigned to genera, mostly in Barbinae, especially Puntius.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – typical barbs and barbels.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Ostariophysi - superorder; Cypriniformes - order; Cyprinoidea - superfamily; Cyprinidae - family; Barbinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (former genus in Barbidae): Search World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) for "Barbus"
- (genus in Cyprinidae): See Barbus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Barbus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coordinate terms
- (genus in Barbinae): Acrossocheilus*, Barbodes, Caecobarbus, Capoeta, Carasobarbus, Catla, Catlocarpio, Dawkinsia, Haludaria, Iranocypris, Labeobarbus, Luciobarbus, Pethia, Phreatichthys, Pseudobarbus, Puntius*, Rohtee, Schizopyge, Sinocyclocheilus*, Systomus, Tor, Typhlogarra, Varicorhinus - genera (genera marked with * included species formerly in Barbus)
barbus
barbus
See also: Barbus
Latin
Etymology
From barba (“beard”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbar.bus/, [ˈbar.bʊs]
Noun
barbus m (genitive barbī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | barbus | barbī |
genitive | barbī | barbōrum |
dative | barbō | barbīs |
accusative | barbum | barbōs |
ablative | barbō | barbīs |
vocative | barbe | barbī |
References
- barbus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “barbus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.