Balaenicipites
plural noun
Ba·lae·ni·cip·i·tes
bəˌlēnəˈsipəˌtēz
: a suborder of Ciconiiformes constituted by the shoebill
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Balaenicip-, Balaeniceps, genus of Ciconiiformes (from Latin balaena whale + New Latin -cip-, -ceps, from Latin caput head) + -ites -ite
First Known Use
circa 1934, in the meaning defined above
- Platyrrhina
- platyrrhine
- platyrrhiner
- platyrrhines
- platyrrhinest
- platyrrhini
- platyrrhinians
- platyrrhinic
- platyrrhinies
- platyrrhinis
- platyrrhiny
- platys
- platysmas
- platysomid
- Platysomidae
- platyspermic
- platystaphyline
- platystema
- Platystemon
- platystemons
- platystencephalic
- platystencephaly
- Platysternidae
- Platystomidae
- plaud