Androctonus

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνδροκτόνος (androktónos, “man-killing; man-killer; homicidal”), due to the virulence of these species.

Proper noun

Androctonus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Buthidae – the fattail scorpions.

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