"Merops" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέροψ (mérops), μέροπος (méropos, “bee-eater”); the Greek sense evolved from μέροψ (mérops, “endowed with speech”), as it was used in poetry to describe articulated people who "divided voices," from μέρος (méros, “portion”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|grc|μέροψ}} Ancient Greek μέροψ (mérops) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Merops|nogendercat=1}} Merops m
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Meropidae. Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Birds Hyponyms (genus): Merops apiaster (english: type species), for other species see Merops Derived forms: Promerops
    Sense id: en-Merops-mul-name-Aj5Ay6Co Categories (other): Taxonomic names needing vernacular names, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual entries with topic categories using raw markup, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Deuterostomia (english: infrakingdom), Chordata (english: phylum), Vertebrata (english: subphylum), Gnathostomata (english: infraphylum), Reptilia (english: family) [class], Aves (english: subclass), Neognathae (english: infraclass), Neoaves (english: superorder), Coraciiformes (english: order), Meropidae (english: family)

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