Esox

See also: esox

Translingual

Etymology

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

Esox m

A taxonomic genus within the family Esocidae – the pike and related fish.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Esociformes - order; Esocidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Esox americanus (Esox americanus americanus (redfin pickerel), Esox americanus vermiculatus, (grass pickerel) - subspecies); Esox aquitanicus; Esox flaviae (southern pike); Esox lucius (northern pike); Esox masquinongy (muskellunge); Esox niger (chain pickerel); Esox reichertii (Amur pike) - species

References

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 Encyclopedia of Life
Esox on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Esox at World Register of Marine Species

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