Tritoniopsis

Translingual

Etymology

From Tritonia +‎ -opsis (“resembling”, Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis)). "Tritonia" is both a botanical genus of the Iridaceae and a zoological genus of the Tritoniidae.

  • (sense 1): Coined by British diplomat, colonial administrator and botanist Charles Eliot in 1905.
  • (sense 2): Coined by South African botanist, botanical collector, and curator and scientific illustrator Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus in 1929.

Proper noun

Tritoniopsis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tritoniidae – certain nudibranch sea slugs.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – certain iris-family plants.
Derived terms

References

nudibranch
flowering plant
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