Translingual

Plexippus paykulli

Proper noun

Plexippus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – certain jumping spiders.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Arthropoda - phylum; Chelicerata - subphylum; Arachnida - class; Araneae - order; Opisthothelae - suborder; Araneomorphae - infraorder; Neocribellatae - taxon; Entelegynae - series; Dionycha - section; Salticoidea - superfamily; Salticidae - family; Plexippinae - subfamily; Plexippini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Plexippus paykulli; for other species, see Plexippus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek Πλήξιππος ‎(Plḗxippos)

Proper noun

Plexippus

1. One of the 50 sons of Aegyptus ‎(“a king of Egypt”), the twin brother of Danaus, who had 50 daughters.
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References

• Plexippus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Plexippus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Latin

Adjective

plexippus

1. (New Latin) A specific epithet of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus