-CTONUS


Meaning of -CTONUS in English

ktənəs noun combining form

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ktonos murder; akin to Greek kteinein to slay, Sanskrit kṣaṇoti he wounds, injures, Old Persian a- hḫshata unhurt

: killer — in generic names especially of insects

Dendro ctonus

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