Anthidium

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Translingual

Anthidium florentinum.

Etymology

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Particularly: “Can we find an attestation of a possible New Latin *anthidium or Ancient Greek *ἀνθίδιον (*anthídion) which this could be borrowed from?”

Seemingly a New Latin construction, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθος (ắnthos, “flower”) +‎ Ancient Greek -ῐ́δῐον n (-ĭ́dĭon, diminutive suffix).

Coined by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius in 1805.

Proper noun

Anthidium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Megachilidae – certain megachilid carder bees or potter bees.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → French: anthidie
  • → Russian: анти́дия (antídija)

See also

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