-pus
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pus"
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”).
Suffix
-pus
- 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"