Meleon

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μελέων (meléōn, “of limbs”), genitive plural of μέλος (mélos, “limb”). Coined by British arachnologist Fred Wanless in 1984.

Proper noun

Meleon f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – certain jumping spiders.

See also

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