Megaptera

Translingual

Megaptera novaeangliae

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), in reference to its flippers.

Proper noun

Megaptera f

A taxonomic genus within the family Balaenopteridae – the humpback whale.

Hypernyms

(family): 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; Mysticeti - suborder; Balaenopteridae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Megaptera novaeangliae - sole extant species

References

Megaptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Megaptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Megaptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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