Anarhynchus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “backwards”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “bill”).[1]

Proper noun

Anarhynchus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Charadriidae – the single species Anarhynchus frontalis (wrybill).

Hypernyms

References

  1. ^ Jobling, James A. (30 June 2010) Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN
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