Thapsia
Translingual
Etymology 1
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Proper noun
Thapsia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Urocyclidae – certain air-breathing land snails.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Heterobranchia - subclass; Stylommatophora - order; Helicina - suborder; Limacoidei - infraorder; Helicarionoidea - superfamily; Urocyclidae - family; Sheldoniinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Thapsia troglodytes - type species
References
Thapsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sheldoniinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Thapsia (Gastropoda) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Thapsia at World Register of Marine Species
Etymology 2
From Latin thapsia, from Ancient Greek θαψία (thapsía, “a plant that dyed yellow, probably Thapsia garganica”), brought from Θάψος (Thápsos), an island in front of Sicily.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Apiaceae - family; Apioideae - subfamily; Scandiceae - tribe; Daucinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Thapsia villosa - type species
References
- Thapsia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Thapsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Thapsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Thapsia at Plants of the World Online
- Thapsia at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Thapsia at Tropicos
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