-pus

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pus"

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”).

Suffix

-pus

1. Used to form taxonomic names and epithets relating to feet or parts resembling feet.

Derived terms

• Octopus, octopus for "eight feet-like structures"
• Platypus, platypus for "flat/wide (webbed) feet"
• Rhizopus, a "hair-footed" fungus
• Xenopus, a "strange-footed (clawed)" frog
• P. leucopus, for "white-footed mouse"

Related terms

• -poda