Setonix

Translingual

Setonix brachyurus (sole species)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Setonix m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – the single species Setonix brachyurus.

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Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

  • saetonyx

Etymology

From Latin sēta ("bristle") and Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux) ("nail").[1]

Noun

sētonix m or f (genitive sētonichis); third declension

  1. (New Latin) quokka

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sētonix sētonichēs
Genitive sētonichis sētonichum
Dative sētonichī sētonichibus
Accusative sētonichem sētonichēs
Ablative sētoniche sētonichibus
Vocative sētonix sētonichēs

References

  1. Colin Groves; Stephen Jackson (2015) Taxonomy of Australian Mammals, page 169.
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