- In Latin, the word
pyrrhus means red from the Gr****
adjective πυρρός,
purrhos,
meaning "flame coloured", or
simply "red",
referring in
particular to...
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ready for battle) or m**** slaughter. His horse's
colour is red (πυρρός,
purrhós from πῦρ, fire), and in some translations, the
colour is
specifically a...
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khelidon (χελιδών) "swallow", and the
specific name
pyrrhonota comes from
purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" and -notos "-backed".
Cliff swallows are extremely...
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artist John
Gould in 1841. The name
Pyrrholaemus is from
classical Gr****
purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" or "red" and
laimos for "throat". The
genus contains...
- the rest of the Corvidae. The
genus name is
derived from Gr**** πύρρος (
purrhos), "flame-coloured", and κόραξ (korax), "raven". The
species epithet graculus...
- AD epic poem the Dionysiaca,
Pyrrhus (Ancient Gr****: Πύρρος, romanized:
Púrrhos, lit. 'fiery') is a
minor figure from Asia
Minor who was
punished by the...
- The
species is monotypic. The
generic name
combines the
Ancient Gr****
purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" or "red" and -kephalos
meaning "-headed". The...
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Ornithologia Britannica. The
genus name is
derived from
Ancient Gr****
purrhos (πύρρος, "flame-coloured") and
korax (κόραξ, "Raven, crow"). The fossil...
- 1854, the green-ch****ed parakeet. The name
combines the
Ancient Gr****
purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" or "red" with -ouros
meaning "tail". The taxonomy...
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Robert Gray in 1840. The name
Pyrocephalus combines the
Ancient Gr****
purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" or "red" and -kephalos
meaning "-headed". The...
