Jynx
Translingual
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin jynx (“wryneck”), from Ancient Greek ἴυγξ (íunx).
Proper noun
Jynx f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Piciformes – order; Picidae – family; Jynginae – subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Jynx ruficollis (red-throated wryneck, rufous-necked wryneck), Jynx torquilla (Eurasian wryneck) – species
References
- Jynx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Jynx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Jynx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN