Jynx

See also: iynx and jynx

Translingual

Jynx torquilla

Etymology

From Latin jynx (“wryneck”), from Ancient Greek ἴυγξ (íunx).

Proper noun

Jynx f

A taxonomic genus within the family Picidae – the wrynecks.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(genus): Jynx ruficollis (red-throated wryneck, rufous-necked wryneck), Jynx torquilla (Eurasian wryneck) - species

References

Jynx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Jynx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Jynx 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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