haematopus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἱματόπους (haimatópous), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /hae̯ˈma.to.puːs/, [häe̯ˈmät̪ɔpuːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈma.to.pus/, [eˈmäːt̪opus]

Noun

haematopūs m (genitive haematopodis); third declension

A kind of bird. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
1. the black-winged stilt
2. the oystercatcher

Declension

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References

“haemătŏpūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“haematopūs” in volume 6, part 3, column 2491, line 41 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

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