Boops

See also: boops

Translingual

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βόωψ (bóōps), from βοῦς (boûs, “cow, ox”) + ὄψ (óps, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• English:
  • enPR: bō′-ŏps (etymological pronunciation, formal)
    • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.ɑps/
    • Rhymes: -əʊɒps
  • enPR: bo͞ops (eye-pronunciation, informal)
    • (US) IPA^(key): /bups/
    • Rhymes: -uːps
    • Homophone: boops
• Greek: IPA^(key): /ˈvo.ops/ (see βόωψ (vóops))
• Russian: IPA^(key): [bops] (see бопс (bops))
• Ukrainian: IPA^(key): [bɔps] (see бопс (bops))

Proper noun

Boops m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sparidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii – superorder; Spariformes – order; Sparidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Boops boops (bogue), Boops lineatus (striped boga), (species)

Derived terms

• Boops boops (reduplication)

Descendants

• → English: boops
• → Greek: βόωψ (vóops) (semantic loan)

Further reading

• Boops on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Boops on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Proper noun

Boops

1. plural of Boop