Acanthoscelides

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Translingual

Acanthoscelides obtectus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + Ancient Greek σκέλος (skélos, “leg”) +‎ -ides.^[1]

Proper noun

Acanthoscelides m

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – weevils including the bean weevil.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Cucujiformia – infraorder; Chrysomelidae – family; Bruchinae – subfamily; Bruchini – tribe; Acanthoscelidina – subtribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Acanthoscelides obtectus – type species

Related terms

References

Acanthoscelides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Acanthoscelides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Acanthoscelides on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN)

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