Cardinalis
See also: cardinalis
Translingual
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin cardinālis (“cardinal [in the Catholic Church]”), due to the red color of the cardinal's cassock.
Proper noun
Cardinalis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cardinalidae – cardinals.
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; Emberizoidea – superfamily; Cardinalidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cardinalis cardinalis (northern cardinal), Cardinalis phoeniceus (vermillion cardinal), Cardinalis sinuatus (pyrrhuloxia) - species
References
- Cardinalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cardinalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cardinalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN