ˌentōˈsithə(ˌ)rē noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from ent- + Cythere genus of crustaceans, from Cythere, epithet of Aphrodite, from Latin, from Greek Kytherē, from Kythēra (Cythera), island in the Aegean
: a genus of parasitic ostracods found in the gill cavities of various No. American crayfishes