Harpagus

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Harpagus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae.

• (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; Milvinae - subfamily

• (genus): Harpagus diodon (rufous-thighed kite), Harpagus bidentatus (double-toothed kite) - species

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅρπαγος (Hárpagos).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhar.pa.ɡus/, [ˈhärpäɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.pa.ɡus/, [ˈärpäɡus]

Harpagus m sg (genitive Harpagī); second declension

1. A Median general

Second-declension noun, singular only.