Etymology

reduviid

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Today it means: of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Reduviidae Full definition →

translingual Reduviidae ← Latin reduvia
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromreduvia“a remainder, remnant, fragment”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromReduviidae
  3. English todayreduviid

Borrowed from translingual Reduviidae, from Reduvius (genus name) + -idae (taxonomic suffix), from Latin reduvia (“a remainder, remnant, fragment”), describing the habit of the nymph of Reduvius personatus camouflaging itself with small pieces of debris.

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