Kermes

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See also: kermes, kermés, and kermès

Translingual

Kermes echinatus, gravid females

Etymology

From English kermes, from Persian (qermez).

Proper noun

Kermes m

A taxonomic genus within the family Kermesidae – the kermes insects, source of a red dye.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Kermesidae - family; Sternorrhyncha - suborder; Coccoidea - superfamily; Kermesidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Kermes bacciformis, Kermes corticalis, Kermes gibbosus, Kermes ilicis, Kermes roboris, Kermes vermilio (species)

See also

Quercus coccifera (kermes oak)

Further reading

Kermes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Kermes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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