Pteropus
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)
Proper noun[edit]
Pteropus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pteropodidae – most of the flying foxes.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Boreoeutheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Chiroptera - order; Megachiroptera - suborder, Pteropodidae - family; Pteropodinae - subfamily, Pteropodini - tribe; Pteropodina - subtribe
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): For the numerous species see Pteropus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies