Crax

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Crax f

A taxonomic genus within the family Cracidae – some of the curassows, of the tropical Americas.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Galloanseri - superorder; Galliformes - order; Craci - suborder; Cracidae - family; Cracinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Crax rubra (great curassow) - type species; Crax alberti, Crax alector, Crax blumenbachii, Crax daubentoni, Crax fasciolata, Crax globulosa - other species

Derived terms

Nothocrax

References

Crax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Crax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Crax 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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