Euproctis
Translingual
Etymology
By surface analysis, eu- (“good, true”, from Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-)) + Ancient Greek πρωκτός (prōktós, “anus, rectum”) + Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix).
Proper noun
Euproctis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain tussock moths.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – clade; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Noctuoidea – superfamily; Erebidae – family; Lymantriinae – subfamily; Nygmiini – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail moth) – type species
Descendants
- → Arabic: يَبْرِيْق (yabriyq) (phono-semantic matching)
References
- Euproctis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Euproctis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Euproctis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons