Calidris canutus

Translingual

Etymology

After Canute, a king of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden, said to have enjoyed red knot as a delicacy.

Proper noun

Calidris canutus f

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Scolopacidae – red knot.

References

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