Chilocosmia

Translingual

Etymology

Blend of Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) +‎ Selenocosmia. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) +‎ Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, law, the cosmos, etc.”) +‎ -ia. Coined by German arachnologist Günter Schmidt and by German arachnologist Volker von Wirth in 1992.

Proper noun

Chilocosmia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Theraphosidae – certain tarantulas.

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.