Otiorhynchus
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Translingual
Etymology
Latin ōtium n (“leisure; free time”) + Ancient Greek ῥῠ́γχος n (rhúnkhos, “nose”). Despite the root word ῥῠ́γχος (rhúnkhos) being a neuter noun, it resembles Latin -us, and so has taken the masculine grammatical gender.
Proper noun
Otiorhynchus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils.