Eira

From Spanish eirá, connected to Guaraní eíra (“honey”), a food the animal is fond of,[1] whence also Portuguese papa-mel, another vernacular name.)

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – tayras, of tropical and subtropical forests of Central and South America.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Mustelidae - family; Mustelinae or Guloninae - subfamily

• (genus): Eira barbara (sole known species)

• Tayra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eira barbara on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Eira in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
• Eira at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Eira at Encyclopedia of Life
• Eira at National Center for Biotechnology Information

From an Old Norse goddess of medicine, Eir, eir (“relief”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈei̯rɑ/, [ˈe̞i̯rɑ]
• Rhymes: -eirɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ei‧ra

Eira

1. a female given name
2. A district of Helsinki, the site of a hospital named for the Old Norse goddess.