Translingual

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Proper noun

Meleagris f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae - turkey.

Hypernyms

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

References

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

Latin

Noun

meleagris f ‎(genitive meleagridis); third declension

1. turkey, guinea fowl

Derived terms

• Fritillaria meleagris
• Numida meleagris

References

• meleagris in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “meleagris”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.