Fulica

See also: fulica

Translingual

Fulica alai, Hawaiian coot

Etymology

From Latin fulica (“coot; waterfowl”). Named in Linnaeus’s Systema Naturae (1758).

Proper noun

Fulica f

A taxonomic genus within the family Rallidae – coots.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(genus): Fulica alai, Fulica americana, Fulica ardesiaca, Fulica armillata, Fulica atra, Fulica caribaea, Fulica cornuta, Fulica cristata, Fulica gigantea, Fulica leucoptera, Fulica newtoni, Fulica rufifrons

References

Fulica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Fulica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Fulica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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