Cantharis
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Cantharis. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Cantharis, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Cantharis in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Cantharis you have here. The definition of the word Cantharis will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofCantharis, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: cantharis
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κανθαρίς (kantharís, “Spanish fly”).
Proper noun
Cantharis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cantharidae – soldier beetles.
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; Elateriformia - infraorder; Elateroidea - superfamily; Cantharidae - family; Cantharinae - subfamily; Cantharini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Catharis fusca - type species; for other species see
Cantharis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Cantharis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cantharis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cantharis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cantharis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cantharis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Cantharis available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
