haematopus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἱματόπους (haimatópous), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hae̯ˈma.to.puːs/, [häe̯ˈmät̪ɔpuːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈma.to.pus/, [eˈmäːt̪opus]
Noun
haematopūs m (genitive haematopodis); third declension
- A kind of bird. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
- the black-winged stilt
- the oystercatcher
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “haemătŏpūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “haematopūs” in volume 6, part 3, column 2491, line 41 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
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