Chione

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē, “nymph in Greek myth”). === Proper noun === Chione f A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – certain Venus clams. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – trees from the neotropics. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus of clams): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class; Autobranchia – subclass; Heteroconchia – superorder; Venerida – order; Veneroidea – superfamily; Veneridae – family (genus of trees): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Gentianales – order; Rubiaceae – family; Cinchonoideae - subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus of clams): Chione cancellata (cross-barred Venus) - type species (genus of trees): Chione venosa (fatpork) - sole accepted species === References === clams Chione (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Chione on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Chione at National Center for Biotechnology Information Chione at AnimalBase Chione at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Chione at World Register of Marine Species trees Chione (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Chione (Rubiaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Chione (Rubiaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Chione at National Center for Biotechnology Information Chione at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Chione at USDA Plants database Chione at Germplasm Resources Information Network Chione at Tropicos Chione at Plants of the World Online Cinchonoideae at APWeb == English == === Alternative forms === Khione (scholarly) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē), derived from χιών (khiṓn, “snow”). === Proper noun === Chione (Greek mythology) A daughter of Boreas, the North Wind, and Oreithyia, sister to Zetes, Calais and Cleopatra. (Greek mythology) A nymph. === Further reading === Chione (daughter of Boreas) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Icheon, echino- == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʰi.ɔ.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkiː.o.ne] === Proper noun === Chionē f sg (genitive Chionēs); first declension Chione (daughter of Daedation, mother to Autolycus and Philammon) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only. === References === “Chione”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press