Denebola
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
†Denebola f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Monodontidae – an extinct whale thought to be ancestral to the beluga.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder; Monodontidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Denebola brachycephala - species
References
Denebola (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Denebola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Denebola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Denebola at Fossilworks
English
Etymology
From the Arabic ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد (ḏanab al-ʾasad, “the lion's tail”), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, “tail”) + أَسَد (ʾasad, “lion”).
Translations
a star in Leo
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Italian
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