Taksinus

Translingual

Etymology

From English Taksin (named after King Taksin the Great) +‎ -us m. Further from Thai ตากสิน (dtàak-sǐn).

Proper noun

Taksinus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Theraphosidae – certain tarantulas found in Thailand.
    • 2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN‎[1] (in English):
      The team that found the species living in a mangrove forest also included Thai wildlife YouTuber JoCho Sippawat, who is also an author on the paper published last week. Some of the same team also discovered a previously unknown type of tarantula – now named Taksinus bambus – that lived in the hollowed stems of bamboo plants in Thailand last year.

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