rhodogaster

See also: Rhodogaster

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) +‎ Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr, “belly”). Doublet of Rhodogaster. Compare Rhodogastria.

Coined by German ornithologist and herpetologist Hermann Schlegel in 1837 with the description of Liophidium rhodogaster, a species of snake (pictured).

Adjective

rhodogaster m or f or n

  1. red-bellied; rose-bellied
    Synonym: rufiventris

Usage notes

Usually indeclinable, but the feminine form rhodogastra is found with Perdita rhodogastra.

Derived terms

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