Translingual

Rallus aquaticus

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Rallus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rallidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Gruiformes - order; Rallidae - family

References

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

Latin

Adjective

rallus m ‎(feminine ralla, neuter rallum); first/second declension

1. thin, slim

Inflection

First/second declension.

References

• rallus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• RALLUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rallus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.