Ectopistes

Translingual

Ectopistes migratorius, male and female

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek, ultimately from ἐκτοπίζω (ektopízō, “to emigrate”)

Proper noun

Ectopistes m

A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – Ectopistes migratorius, the recently extinct passenger pigeon.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Columbiformes - order; Columbidae - family; Columbinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): †Ectopistes migratorius - sole species

Further reading

Ectopistes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ectopistes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ectopistes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ectopistes on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Ectopistes at Encyclopedia of Life
Ectopistes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Ectopistes at Fossilworks

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