Phellopsis

Translingual

Etymology

By surface analysis, Ancient Greek φελλός (phellós, “cork”) +‎ -opsis (“resembling”, from Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis)). Coined by American entomologist John Lawrence LeConte in 1862.

Proper noun

Phellopsis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Zopheridae – certain ironclad beetles.

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