Afer
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Afer may refer to:
- Afer, an individual of the Afri tribe after which the continent of Africa is probably named
- Afer, a roman Cognomen in reference to Africa, see list of Roman cognomina.
- AFER, an alternate acronym for the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon
- Afer pigeon (Columba unicincta)
- Afer ventus, another name for Lips, the Roman deity of the southwest wind. See Anemoi.
- A song on the 1991 Enya album Shepherd Moons
- Antonius Guilelmus Amo Afer (1703–c.1759), alternate name for Anton Wilhelm Amo, Ghanaian-German academic
- Arnobius Afer (d. 4th century), also Arnobius the Elder, Roman rhetorician in the province of Africa
- Domitius Afer (d. 60), Roman orator
- Gaius Marius Victorinus Afer (4th cent.), also Gaius Marius Victorinus, Roman grammarian and rhetorician
- Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer, father of the Roman emperor Hadrian
- Publius Terentius Afer (d. 159 BC), Roman comic playwright better known as Terence
[edit] Scientific names
- All named because the species is native to Africa.
- Cinnyris afer, Greater Double-collared Sunbird
- Euplectes afer, Yellow-crowned Bishop
- Francolinus afer, Red-necked Francolin
- Nilaus afer, Brubru
- Orycteropus afer, aardvark
- Papyrocranus afer , Reticulate Knifefish
- Parus afer, Southern Grey Tit, also classified as Melaniparus afer
- Ptilostomus afer, piapiac
- Turtur afer, Blue-spotted Wood Dove
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