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Peirates
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Translingual
thumb|Peirates atromaculatus species.
Etymology
Borrowed from mul grc πειρατής robber.
Proper noun
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genus family Reduviidae certain assassin bugs
Hypernyms
genus ; Peiratinae subfamily subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Peirates atromaculatus species, Peirates ephippiger species, Peirates hybridus species, Peirates stridulus species selected species
Derived terms
Ceratopirates genus
Neopirates genus
Parapirates genus
Peiratinae subfamily
Rapites genus
Note that most derived terms have confused the spelling of this genus with the common Romanization of la pīrāta.
References
Peiratinae
Q24056659 1
mul Assassin bugs