Hystrix

See also: hystrix

Translingual

Hystrix cristata

Etymology

From Latin hystrix (“porcupine”).

Proper noun

Hystrix f

A taxonomic genus within the family Hystricidae – certain Old World porcupines.
(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – species now transferred to genera Elymus and Leymus.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Phiomorpha - infraorder; Hystricidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Hystrix cristata - (type species); Hystrix africaeaustralis, Hystrix brachyura, Hystrix crassispinis, , Hystrix hodgsoni, Hystrix indica, Hystrix javanica, Hystrix pumila, Hystrix sumatrae (other species)

Further reading

porcupines

Hystrix (mammal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hystrix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hystrix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

grasses

Hystrix (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hystrix at The Plant List

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