trapezitine.
Any skipper butterfly of the subfamily Trapezitinae.
Meaning & usage
Any skipper butterfly of the subfamily Trapezitinae.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from translingual Trapezitinae. By surface analysis, translingual Trapezites + -ine. Further from Ancient Greek τρᾰπεζῑ́της (trăpezī́tēs, “banker”), τρᾰ́πεζᾰ (trắpeză, “table”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥-ped-ih₂- (“tripodal”), comprised of *tri- (“tri-, three”) and *pṓds (“foot”), themselves from *tréyes (“three”) and *ped- (“to walk, to step”).
Relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the subfamily Trapezitinae.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from translingual Trapezitinae. By surface analysis, translingual Trapezites + -ine. Further from Ancient Greek τρᾰπεζῑ́της (trăpezī́tēs, “banker”), τρᾰ́πεζᾰ (trắpeză, “table”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥-ped-ih₂- (“tripodal”), comprised of *tri- (“tri-, three”) and *pṓds (“foot”), themselves from *tréyes (“three”) and *ped- (“to walk, to step”).
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