Limonius

noun

Li·​mo·​ni·​us

līˈmōnēəs

: a genus of click beetles whose larvae include many wireworms that are economic pests

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably from Greek leimōnios of a meadow, from leimōn meadow

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