Nipponia

Translingual

Nipponia nippon

Etymology

From Japanese 日本 (Nippon, “Japan”) + -ia.

Proper noun

Nipponia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Threskiornithidae – the sole species is the crested ibis.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Ciconiiformes - order; Threskiornithidae - family; Threskiornithinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Nipponia nippon - sole species

References

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