ternetzi

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • ternetzii (alternative Latinization)

Etymology

From Ternetz, a surname from the Slavic languages. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

First coined by Belgian-British zoologist George Albert Boulenger in 1895 as the specific epithet of Tetragonopterus ternetzi (now Gymnocorymbus ternetzi), the black tetra.

Adjective

ternetzi

  1. Of Ternetz, Ternetz's.
    1. Relating to ichthyologist Carl Ternetz.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Russian: терне́ция (ternécija)
    • → Bulgarian: терне́ция (ternécija)
    • → Ukrainian: терне́ція (ternécija)
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