Aetokthonos
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós, “eagle”) + χθόνιος (khthónios, “buried, underworld”) + -ος (-os). Literally, “eagle killer”. From a species of it, Aetokthonos hydrillicola, being identified as the source of a toxin, aetokthonotoxin, killing eagles.
Proper noun
Aetokthonos m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hapalosiphonaceae – certain cyanobacteria.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Cyanobacteria - phylum; Cyanophyceae - class; Nostocophycideae - subclass; Nostocales - order; Hapalosiphonaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Aetokthonos hydrillicola (Ah) - sole accepted species
Descendants
- English: aetokthonotoxin
References
Hapalosiphonaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Aetokthonos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Hapalosiphonaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Aetokthonos at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Aetokthonos at World Register of Marine Species
- Aetokthonos at Index to Organism Names
