Circle of stars all EU leaders as the official emblem of the European Communities, and in 1993 inherited by the successor organisation, the European Union. All European institutions now use an emblem of their own. The Zodiac is an ancient "circle of stars" where some stars are symbolically combined into 12 Star signs also known as constellations. The etymology of the term Zodiac comes from the Latin zōdiacus, from the Greek ζῳδιακός [κύκλος], meaning "[circle] of animals", derived from ζῴδιον, the diminutive of ζῷον "animal". The Crown of Immortality is a separate and earlier motif (and metaphor) which also uses a circle of
Common ringed plover which the "Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds" (AEWA) applies. Common ringed plover The common ringed plover or ringed plover ("Charadrius hiaticula") is a small plover that breeds in Arctic Eurasia. The genus name "Charadrius" is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek "kharadrios" a bird found in ravines and river valleys ("kharadra", "ravine"). The specific "hiaticula" is Latin and has a similar meaning to the Greek term, coming from "hiatus", "cleft" and "-cola", "dweller" ("colere", "to dwell"). Adults are in length with a wingspan. They have