Xema

Translingual

Etymology

Coined by William Elford Leach as a meaningless pair of syllables, not derived from anything.

Proper noun

Xema f

A taxonomic genus within the family Laridae – the fork-tailed gull, an Arctic species.

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; Lari - suborder; Laridae - family; Larinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Xema sabini - species

References

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

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