Whetwhetaksa

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Okanagan x̌ʷətx̌ʷətaqs (“odonate; dragonfly or damselfly”), suffixed with -a f, named as such because the fossil of Whetwhetaksa millerae was found near the Colville Reservation.

Proper noun

†Whetwhetaksa f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Whetwhetaksidae – certain extinct odonates.

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