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Pandion
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Translingual
thumb|Pandion haliaetus
Etymology
Named by French biologist Marie Jules César Savigny from mul grc Πανδίων, after Pandion II, a mythological king whose successor Nisos was said to have transformed into a sea-eagle.
Proper noun
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genus family Pandionidae ospreys
Hypernyms
genus ; Pandionidae family family
Hyponyms
genus Pandion haliaetus species (western osprey) type species; Pandion cristatus species (eastern osprey) other species
References
Pandion (bird)
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mul Birds
English
+ II
Etymology
From en grc Πανδίων.
Proper noun
en Greek mythology The name of two kings of Athens (Pandion I and Pandion II).
Anagrams
en adinnop dipnoan nonpaid pondian