Pentamera

plural noun

Pen·​tam·​e·​ra

pen‧ˈtamərə

: an artificial division of beetles including those normally having five-jointed tarsi and embracing about half of all the known beetles

pentameran

-rən

noun

plural -s

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from penta- + Greek meros part

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