Sarciophorus
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Sarciophorus f
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Charadriidae – spur-winged plovers, including the crested wattled lapwings, etc., now Vanellus species.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sarciophorus tectus (now Vanellus tectus, black-headed lapwing or black-headed plover) - type species
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Sarciophorus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Sarciophorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Vanellus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Vanellus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Sarciophorus at Index to Organism Names