Denebola

Denebola

Translingual

Denebola brachycephala

Etymology

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Proper noun

†Denebola f

1. 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 Paleology Database

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English

Etymology

From the Arabic ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد‎ (ḏanab al-ʾasad, “the lion's tail”), from ذَنَب‎ (ḏanab, “tail”) + أَسَد‎ (ʾasad, “lion”).

Proper noun

Denebola

1. Beta Leonis, the second-brightest star in the constellation of Leo.

Translations

a star in Leo

Japanese: デネボラ (Denebora)

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Italian

Etymology

From Arabic ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد‎ (ḏanab al-ʾasad, “the lion's tail”), from ذَنَب‎ (ḏanab, “tail”) + أَسَد‎ (ʾasad, “lion”).

Proper noun

Denebola f

1. Denebola, the second brightest star in the constellation of Leo