Sarcophaga
Translingual
Etymology
- (genus): New Latin, from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat, to devour”) + Latin -a (“-er”, nominal suffix).
- (suborder): Neuter plural of Latin sarcophagus (“flesh-devouring, carnivorous”), from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -φάγος (-phágos, “-eating”).
Proper noun
Sarcophaga f
Sarcophaga nodosa
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sarcophagidae – flesh flies.
Sarcophaga
- (obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the superorder Marsupialia – carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.. [from 1839]
Hypernyms
- (genus in Sarcophagidae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Oestroidea - superfamily; Sarcophagidae - family; Sarcophaginae - subfamily; Sarcophagini - tribe; Sarcophagina - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus in Sarcophagidae): about 138 subgenera
- more than 700: Sarcophaga carnaria (flesh fly) - type species; Sarcophaga nodosa, Sarcophaga situliformis, Sarcophaga stygia - selected species
References
- genus of flies
Sarcophaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sarcophaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Sarcophaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Sarcophaga at the Catalogue of Life
- suborder of marsupials
- Sarcophaga in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911