Orthocentrus

Translingual

Etymology

By surface analysis, ortho- (“straight”, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)) +‎ Latin centrum (“center”, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)) +‎ -us (adjectival suffix). Compare English orthocenter, French orthocentre, Greek ορθόκεντρο (orthókentro), etc.

Coined by German zoologist and entomologist Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst in 1829.

Proper noun

Orthocentrus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ichneumonidae – certain ichneumon wasps.

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