Bracon

Coined by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius in 1804.

Multiple etymologies have been suggested:

• Borrowed from Occitan bracon (“pointer”) (from Old Occitan bracon (“hunting dog”), which evolved into Modern Occitan by the 14th century), whence also modern Occitan braconar (“to poach”), French braconner (“to poach”), Spanish braco (“pointer (hunting dog)”), and Galician braco (“pointer (hunting dog)”).^[1] This draws a parallel to the semantic etymology of the closely-related parasitoid wasps of the Ichneumonidae, whose etymon, Ancient Greek ἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn), means "tracker." If so, further from Proto-Germanic *brakko (“setter”) and Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to smell”).
• Merriam-Webster posits the etymology as an irregular interpretation of Ancient Greek βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s, “short”), with the neuter suffix -ον (-on), possibly due to the relatively small size of these wasps.^[2] This is unlikely, however, considering the already-existing βρᾰχῑ́ων (brăkhī́ōn, “upper arm”) and relatively large difference in spelling between the two terms, whereas most other taxon names published by Fabricius remain consistent with their Ancient Greek etyma in terms of spelling. The taxonomic name is also of the masculine gender, incompatible with the neuter suffix -ον (-on).

• English:
  • IPA^(key): (US, stressed) /ˈbɹæ.kɑn/, (unstressed) /ˈbɹæ.kən/
• Hyphenation: Bra‧con

Bracon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Braconidae – certain small parasitoid wasps.
2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Braconidae – Bracon (Bracon).

• → French: bracon

genus

• Bracon (wasp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bracon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Bracon (Braconidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

subgenus

• Bracon (Bracon) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies