myrmeco-
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin, from Ancient Greek μύρμηκος (múrmēkos, “ant’s”), genitive of μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”)
Prefix
[edit]myrmeco-
Derived terms
[edit]- Myrmecacis
- Myrmecaelurus
- Myrmecaphodius
- Myrmecethelum
- Myrmechixenus
- Myrmechusa
- Myrmechusina
- Myrmecia
- Myrmecicultor
- Myrmecina
- Myrmeciocephalus
- Myrmeciophyllum
- Myrmeciplana
- Myrmecium
- Myrmeciza
- Myrmecoagria
- Myrmecobius
- Myrmecoblatta
- Myrmecobrenthus
- Myrmecocephalus
- Myrmecochilus
- Myrmecocichla
- Myrmecoclytus
- Myrmecocystis
- Myrmecocystus
- Myrmecodemus
- Myrmecoderus
- Myrmecodesmus
- Myrmecodia
- Myrmecodillo
- Myrmecodipogon
- Myrmecolax
- Myrmecolixellus
- Myrmecolixus
- Myrmecomantis
- Myrmecomedon
- Myrmecomelix
- Myrmecomimesis
- Myrmecomimus
- Myrmecomiris
- Myrmecomyces
- Myrmeconauclea
- Myrmeconema
- Myrmecopella
- Myrmecophaga
- Myrmecophantes
- Myrmecophila
- Myrmecophilus
- Myrmecophryne
- Myrmecophyes
- Myrmecoplectus
- Myrmecopora
- Myrmecopterula
- Myrmecorhinus
- Myrmecorhynchus
- Myrmecoridea
- Myrmecoris
- Myrmecoroides
- Myrmecosaurus
- Myrmecoscopus
- Myrmecosticta
- Myrmecothea
- Myrmecotypus
- Myrmecoxenia
- Myrmecozela
- Myrmecozelotes
- Myrmecridium
- × Myrmecanthe
- × Myrmecatavola
- × Myrmecatyclia
- × Myrmecavola
- × Myrmecocattleya
- × Myrmecochile
- × Myrmecolaelia
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μύρμηκος (múrmēkos, “ant’s”), genitive of μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”). Doublet of the obsolete term mire.
Prefix
[edit]myrmeco-
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- 'myrmeco-", in Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Published by Edward Lloyd, Vol. 5, 1896.
- 'myrmeco-", in Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English,4th Edition, by Partridge E. Staff, and Eric Partridge (Routledge, 1977) →ISBN.