Cytherea

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Cytherea f

A taxonomic genus within the family Bombyliidae – certain bee flies.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Asilomorpha - infraorder; Asiloidea - superfamily; Bombyliidae - family; Cythereinae - subfamily

References

Cytheria (fly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cytherea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cytherea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κυθέρεια (Kuthéreia), via Latin Cytherea.

Proper noun

Cytherea

(Greek mythology) The goddess Aphrodite.
- 1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 24:
  The gloved and jewelled bards who sing / Of Pippa, Maud, and Guinevere, / Have hardly done the 'handsome thing' / For you, my inky Cytherea.

Anagrams

cheatery, eye chart, eyechart

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