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Merops
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Translingual
Etymology
From mul grc μέροψ, grc μέροπος bee-eater; the Greek sense evolved from grc μέροψ endowed with speech, as it was used in poetry to describe articulated people who "divided voices," from grc μέρος portion + grc ὄψ voice.
Proper noun
1 m
genus family Meropidae
Hypernyms
genus ; Meropidae family family
Hyponyms
genus Merops apiaster species (European bee-eater) type species; for other species see 1
Derived terms
Promerops genus
References
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Andreanidis, Antonios (2016): Scientific Names of Southern African Birds Explained: Is It All Greek to You?
mul Birds