Etymology

macrotrichium

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Today it means: An innervated hair on the integument or wing membrane of an insect. Full definition →

Ancient Greek θρίξ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθρίξ“hair”
  2. English todaymacrotrichium

macro- + Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + -ium

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekθρίξ all →

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