Ctenostoma

Translingual

Etymology

From cteno- (“comb”, from Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís)) +‎ Ancient Greek στόμᾰ (stómă, “mouth”). Coined by German entomologist Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1821.

Proper noun

Ctenostoma n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cicindelidae – certain tiger beetles.

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