Orthomorpha

noun

Or·​tho·​mor·​pha

ˌȯrthəˈmȯrfə

: a genus of millipedes containing the common European greenhouse millipede (O. gracilis)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from orth- + -morpha

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