Merope

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Merope f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – a tree of Asia and the Pacific.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Meropeidae – earwigflies, fordepflies.

tree

• Merope angulata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Merope (Rutaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Merope (Rutaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

fly

• Merope tuber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Merope (Meropeidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Merope on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From Ancient Greek Μερόπη (Merópē).

Merope

1. (Greek mythology) The youngest of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and a consort of Hermes.
2. (Greek mythology) A queen of Messenia and daughter of Cypselus, king of Arcadia.
3. (astronomy) The least bright star in the cluster in Taurus known as the Pleiades.
4. (rare) A female given name.
5. (historical) A subregion of Thrace in modern Northern Greece and southern Bulgaria, in the 14th-century Balkans.

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Merope

1. dative singular of Merop