Microplinthus

Translingual

Etymology

From micro- (“small”, from Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)) +‎ Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos, “brick”). Coined by Russian entomologist, palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist Vladimir Zherikhin in 1987.

Proper noun

Microplinthus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – certain weevils.

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