Rheumaptera

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥεῦμᾰ (rheûmă, “stream, flow”) +‎ -ptera (“wing”, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón)), after the genus' patterned wings.

Proper noun

Rheumaptera f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.

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