Chironectes

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + νήκτης (nḗktēs, “swimmer”).

Proper noun

Chironectes m

A taxonomic genus within the family Didelphidae – the marsupial water opossum; yapok.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Marsupialia - infraclass; Didelphimorphia - order; Didelphidae - family; Didelphinae - subfamily; Didelphinae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Chironectes minimus - sole species

References

Chironectes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chironectes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chironectes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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