Knipolegus

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κνῑπολόγος (knīpológos, a kind of woodpecker), though more closely spelled to its etyma, κνίψ (kníps, insect, bug) +‎ λέγω (légō, to gather, to pick up).

Proper noun

Knipolegus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tyrannidae – black tyrants.

Hypernyms

References

  • Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN