Cardinalis

See also: cardinalis

Translingual

Cardinalis cardinalis

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin cardinālis (“cardinal [in the Catholic Church]”), due to the red color of the cardinal's cassock.

Proper noun

Cardinalis m

A taxonomic genus within the family Cardinalidae – the cardinals.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Passeroidea - superfamily; Cardinalidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal), Cardinalis phoeniceus (vermillion cardinal), Cardinalis sinuatus (pyrrhuloxia) - species

References

Cardinalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cardinalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cardinalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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