Sycorax

Translingual

Proper noun

Sycorax f

A taxonomic genus within the family Psychodidae – certain moth flies and sand flies.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Psychodomorpha - infraorder; Psychodidae - family; Sycoracinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Sycorax silacea - type species

Coordinate terms

(genus in Sycoracinae): Aposycorax, Parasycorax, Xenosycorax - genera

References

Sycorax (fly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sycorax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Psychodidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Named after Caliban's mother in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

Proper noun

Sycorax

A natural satellite of the planet Uranus

Anagrams

oxyarcs

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