Ozimops

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin. Ozi- from English Ozzie + Mops. Ozzie is colloquial for Australian, referring to Australia, the centre of diversity of the group. Mops is a genus of free-tailed bat, and is used as a suffix for many other molossid (free-tailed bat) genera. Mops is Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) +‎ -ops (“eye; resembling”, from Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps))

Proper noun

Ozimops m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Molossidae – certain bats.
  2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Mormopterus – certain bats; until Ozimops was elevated to the rank of genus in 2015.

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