Ensifera

Ensifera

See also: ensifera

Translingual

Etymology 1

From Latin ēnsifera (“sword-bearing”), referring to the blade-like bill.

Proper noun

Ensifera f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – the sword-billed hummingbird.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ensifera ensifera - sole species

References

• Sword-billed Hummingbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ensifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ensifera (Trochilidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ensifera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ensifera at Encyclopedia of Life
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

ovipositor of a long-horned grasshopper (suborder Ensifera)

From Latin ēnsifera (“sword-bearing”), referring to the blade-like ovipositor.

Proper noun

Ensifera

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Orthoptera – the crickets, katydids and weta.

References

• Ensifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ensifera (Orthoptera) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ensifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ensifera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ensifera at Encyclopedia of Life