Ensifera

See also: ensifera

Translingual

Etymology 1

Ensifera ensifera (sword-billed hummingbird)

From Latin ēnsifera (“sword-bearing”), referring to the blade-like bill.

Proper noun

Ensifera f

A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – sword-billed hummingbird.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(genus): Ensifera ensifera (sword-billed hummingbird) - sole species

References

Sword-billed Hummingbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ensifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ensifera (Trochilidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ensifera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Ensifera at Encyclopedia of Life
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

ovipositor of a long-horned grasshopper (suborder Ensifera)

From Latin ēnsifera (“sword-bearing”), referring to the blade-like ovipositor.

Proper noun

Ensifera

A taxonomic suborder within the order Orthoptera – crickets, katydids and weta.

References

Ensifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ensifera (Orthoptera) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Ensifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ensifera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Ensifera at Encyclopedia of Life

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