Clanga

Translingual

Clanga clanga

Etymology

Evidently from Ancient Greek κλάγγος (klángos), an alternate reading of πλάγγος (plángos, “a kind of eagle”), though some sources (following Willughby, 1676) instead posit a relationship to Ancient Greek κλαγγή (klangḗ, “clash”) or Latin clangō (“I clang; (of an eagle) I scream”).

Proper noun

Clanga f

A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – spotted eagles, of the Old World.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Accipitriformes – order; Accipitridae – family; Aquilinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Clanga clanga (greater spotted eagle), Clanga pomarina (lesser spotted eagle), Clanga hastata (Indian spotted eagle) - species

References

Clanga (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Clanga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Clanga 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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