Miaenia

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • Miænia (obsolete typography)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μιαίνω (miaínō, “to paint; stain, defile, pollute”) +‎ -ia. Coined by English entomologist Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1864.

Proper noun

Miaenia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.
  2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Cerambycidae – Miaenia (Miaenia).

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