Anophthalmus

noun

An·​oph·​thal·​mus

"

: a genus of blind cave-inhabiting beetles (family Carabidae) of North America

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Middle Greek anophthalmos without eyes, from Greek an- an- + ophthalmos eye

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

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