Batis

batis batís bâtis Translingual thumb Etymology mul 1 Friedrich Boie zoologist German 1833.de Friedrich Boie 1833 Fernere Bemerkungen über Classification der Vögel Isis von Oken 26 (column 880) https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13243574 Apparently from mul grc βατίς, an unidentified worm- or grub-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle in History of Animals.grc Των περί τα ζώα ιστοριών 8, part 3 https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%89%CE%BD_%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%B6%CF%8E%CE%B1_%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD/8#%CE%9A%CE%B5%CF%86%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF_3 Aristotle History of Animals c. 350 BChttps://web.archive.org/web/20220118213317/https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Batis https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Batis Batis Birds of the World James A. Jobling Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology n.d. https://web.archive.org/web/20220118213317/https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Batis 2022-01-18 Proper noun 1 f genus family Platysteiridae sparrow-like birds of sub-Saharan Africa genus family Bataceae family salt-tolerant plants native to warm-temperate-to-tropical America and tropical Australasia; pickleweed Hypernyms genus in Platysteiridae ; Passeri suborder suborder; Corvida parvorder parvorder; Corvoidea superfamily superfamily; Platysteiridae family family genus in Bataceae ; Bataceae family family Hyponyms genus in Platysteiridae For species see Batis (bird) Batis (bird) genus in Bataceae Batis maritima species (turtleweed) type species; Batis argillicola species other species References bird Batis (bird) Batis (Platysteiridae) Batis (bird) plant Batis (plant) Batis (Bataceae) 1 BATIS mul Birds