Ctenus

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κτενός (ktenós), genitive singular of Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís, “comb”). Further from Proto-Indo-European *pḱtḗn (“comb”) and Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”).

Proper noun

Ctenus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ctenidae – typical ctenids; certain spiders closely related to wolf spiders.

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