Esox
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See also: esox
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested in Pliny the Elder's Natural History as a word for a large fish from the Rhine, but otherwise only in New Latin, applied by Linnaeus to a pike. Most likely, the scant Classical references to a fresh-water fish indicate that the word was borrowed from Proto-Celtic *esoxs (compare Old Irish eó (“salmon”), Middle Welsh ehawc (“salmon”)); usually also compared is Ancient Greek ἴσοξ (ísox, “unknown whale-like fish”), attested only in a vocabulary list.
Proper noun
[edit]Esox m
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Esociformes - order; Esocidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Esox aquitanicus; Esox flaviae (southern pike); Esox lucius (northern pike); Esox masquinongy (muskellunge); Esox niger (chain pickerel); Esox reichertii (Amur pike) - species
- Esox americanus (Esox americanus americanus (redfin pickerel), Esox americanus vermiculatus, (grass pickerel) - subspecies);
References
[edit]Esox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Esox on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Esox on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Esox at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Esox at AnimalBase
- Esox at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Esox at World Register of Marine Species