Scolecophagus
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek [Term?] (“worm”) + [Term?] (“eat”)
Proper noun
Scolecophagus f
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Icteridae – birds including the maggot-eater or Brewer's blackbird and the rusty grackle or rusty blackbird, now genus Euphagus..
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Passeroidea - superfamily; Icteridae - family
References
- Scolecophagus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
