Translingual

Proper noun

Mycteria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ciconiidae – certain tropical storks.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Ciconiiformes - order; Ciconii - suborder; Ciconiida - parvorder; Ciconioidea - superfamily; Ciconiidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mycteria americana, Mycteria cinerea, Mycteria ibis, Mycteria leucocephala - species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276