Glareola

See also: glareola

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin glārea (“gravel”) + diminutive -ola.

Proper noun

Glareola f

A taxonomic genus within the family Glareolidae – most species of pratincoles.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(genus): Glareola pratincola (collared pratincole) - type species; Glareola maldivarum (oriental pratincole), Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), Glareola ocularis (Madagascar pratincole), Glareola nuchalis (rock pratincole), Glareola cinerea (grey pratincole), Glareola lactea (small pratincole) - other species

References

Glareola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Glareola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Glareola 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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