Apus

See also: apus and APUs

Translingual

Apus apus, common swift

Etymology

From Latin apūs, from Ancient Greek ἄπους (ápous, “sand martin”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) (the birds rarely show their feet).

Proper noun

Apus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apodidae – swifts, that resemble swallows but have shorter tails.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Apodidae - family; Apodinae - subfamily; Apodini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Apus apus (common swift) - type species; Apus acuticauda, Apus affinis, Apus alexandri, Apus balstoni, Apus barbatus, Apus batesi, Apus berliozi, Apus bradfieldi, Apus caffer, Apus horus, Apus niansae, Apus nipalensis, Apus pacificus, Apus pallidus, Apus unicolor - species

References

• Apus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Apus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Apus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin apūs, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πούς (poús, “foot”); early specimens of birds of paradise obtained by Europeans had had their feet removed during traditional taxidermy, and were consequently believed by Europeans to lack feet—see Paradisaea apoda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪpəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪpəs

Proper noun

Apus

1. (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a bird of paradise.

Derived terms

• Apodis

Translations

a constellation of the southern sky

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天燕座 (zh) (tiānyànzuò)

• Finnish: Paratiisilintu
• French: Oiseau de paradis (fr) m
• Galician: Ave do Paraíso (gl)
• German: Paradiesvogel (de)
• Irish: Éan Parthais m
• Japanese: 風鳥座 (ja) (hūchōza), ふうちょう座 (ja) (hūchōza)
• Korean: 극락조자리 (Geungnakjojari)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Paradiesvagel m

• Malay: Cenderawasih
• Polish: Ptak Rajski (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ave do Paraíso f
• Russian: Ра́йская Пти́ца f (Rájskaja Ptíca)
• Spanish: Apus

Anagrams

• UAPs, AUPs, Apsu, sapu, Puas, SPUA, puas, USAP, PUAs, pa'us, paus, upas

Spanish

Proper noun

Apus ?

1. (astronomy) Apus (a constellation of the southern sky)