The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμυκτήρ“nostril, nose”
- English todayxeromycteria
From xero- + Ancient Greek μυκτήρ (muktḗr, “nostril, nose”) + -ia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμυκτήρ all →
myctophid
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.