Spathura

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] "blade" + "tail".

Proper noun

Spathura f

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – hummingbirds with peculiar tail-feathers expanding into a spatula shape at the end, and leg-muffs, now genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia; called racket-tails.

See also

Steganurus

References

Spathura at OneLook Dictionary Search
Spathura in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Spathura at Index to Organism Names

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