Bubulcus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin bubulcus (“herdsman”). === Proper noun === Bubulcus m A taxonomic genus within the family Ardeidae – cattle egrets, native to Eurasia, now found in tropical to warm-temperate zones worldwide. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Ciconiiformes – order; Ardeidae – family; Ardeinae – subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Bubulcus ibis (western cattle egret), Bubulcus coromandus (eastern cattle egret) === References === Bubulcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Bubulcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Bubulcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN == Latin == === Etymology === From bubulcus (“herdsman”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bʊˈbʊɫ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [buˈbul.kus] === Proper noun === Bubulcus m sg (genitive Bubulcī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus, a Roman consul ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Bubulcus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray