Septanychus

noun

Sep·​tan·​y·​chus

sepˈtanə̇kəs

: a genus of plant-feeding mites

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably alteration of Septonychus, from sept- + -onychus (from Greek onych-, onyx nail, claw); from the mites being seven-jointed

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