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Translingual
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Arabic طَمَع (ṭamaʕ, “greed, ambition”) or Yemeni Arabic طمع, as this genus was first coined by French naturalist and arachnologist Eugène Simon in 1882 in his work "Étude sur les arachnides de l'Yemen méridional."(literally, "Study of the arachnids of southern Yemen.") (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Tama f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hersillidae – certain tree trunk spiders.
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