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Paracymus
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Translingual
thumb|Paracymus exiguus species.
Etymology
From mul para- around κῦμᾰ grc wave; billow; flood -us, interpretable as "near [the] wave[s]," due to the beetles' hydrophilous nature. Only partially cognate to, not directly derived from, mul Cymus; a genus of lygaeoids.
mul Q2037671 1867.
Pronunciation
English:
en Received Pronunciation /ˌpɛː.ɹəˈsaɪ.məs/
en General American /ˌpɛɹ.əˈsaɪ.məs/
en US weak vowel merger, rhotic, mary–marry–merry merger /ˌpɛ˞.əˈsaɪ.mɨs/
en aɪməs 4
Proper noun
m 1
genus family Hydrophilidae certain water scavenger beetles
mul deprecated Paracymorphus genus Eumetacymus genus Quasiparacymus genus
Derived terms
Paracymorphus genus
Quasiparacymus genus
See also
Q14931308 1
mul Staphylinoid beetles