- of the
grebe family of
water birds. The
genus name is from
Ancient Gr****
takhus "fast" and
bapto "to sink under". The
specific ruficollis is from Latin...
-
derives from Gr**** ταχυδρόμος (takhudromos), "fast-running", from ταχύς (
takhus), "swift" + δρόμος (dromos), "course, race".
Members of the
genus Takydromus...
- Example(s) tachy-
denoting something as fast,
irregularly fast Gr**** τᾰχῠ́ς (
takhús), fast,
quickly tachycardia,
tachypnea -tension, -tensive
pressure Latin...
- sparrowhawk) as the type species. The name
combines the
Ancient Gr**** ταχυς (
takhus)
meaning "fast" with σπιζιας (spizias)
meaning "hawk".
Species now placed...
-
Johann Jakob Kaup. The word
Tachyspiza combines the
Ancient Gr**** ταχυς (
takhus)
meaning "fast" with σπιζιας (spizias)
meaning "hawk". The
specific epithet...
-
insects they
catch in
their beaks. The
genus name is from the
Ancient Gr****
takhus, "fast", and marptis, "seizer". The
specific name
melba comes from 'melano-alba'...
-
continues Proto-Indo-European *dʰ or *ɡʷʰ.) Thus,
alongside the pair ταχύς /
takʰús/ 'fast' : θάσσων /tʰássɔːn/ 'faster',
displaying Gr****mann's law, Gr****...
-
tacitus reticent, reticence, tacit,
taciturn tach-
swift Gr**** ταχύς (
takhús), τάχος (tákhos) tachometer, tachycardia, tachyrhythmia,
tachytelic taeni-...
-
tanager as the type species. The name
combines the
Ancient Gr****
words takhus "fast" and phōneō "to speak". A
molecular phylogenetic study of the tanager...
-
naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup. The
genus name
combines the
Ancient Gr**** ταχυς (
takhus)
meaning "fast" with σπιζιας (spizias)
meaning "hawk". The
English "besra"...
