Coturnicops

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin cōturnīx (“quail”) + Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “eye, appearance”), named for showing similarity to a quail in size and colour or Coturnix +‎ -ops.

Proper noun

Coturnicops m

A taxonomic genus within the family Rallidae – certain rails.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(genus): Coturnicops exquisitus (Swinhoe's rail), Coturnicops notatus (speckled rail), Coturnicops noveboracensis (yellow rail) - species

References

Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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