"ophiothricid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ophiothricids [plural]
Etymology: From the taxonomic name Ophiothricidae, a misspelling of Ophiotrichidae, from the generic name Ophiothrix (from Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”) + Ancient Greek θρῐ́ξ (thríx, “hair”)) + translingual -idae Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Ophiotrichidae|family|wplink=0}} Ophiotrichidae, {{taxlink|Ophiothrix|genus}} Ophiothrix, {{der|en|grc|ὄφις|t=snake}} Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”), {{der|en|grc|θρῐ́ξ|t=hair}} Ancient Greek θρῐ́ξ (thríx, “hair”), {{der|en|mul|-idae}} translingual -idae, {{der|en|grc|θρῐ́ξ|t=hair}} Ancient Greek θρῐ́ξ (thríx, “hair”), {{lang|grc|χ}} χ, {{lang|grc|ξ}} ξ, {{lang|grc|ς}} ς, {{lang|grc|θ}} θ, {{lang|grc|τ}} τ, {{lang|grc|χ}} χ, {{collapse|bg=#efefef|content=According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, taxonomic family names are formed from the stem of the name of the type genus (Ophiothrix), which is the genitive singular form after the ending is removed. The consonants in Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">θρῐ́ξ</i> (thríx, “hair”) are due to the underlying χ (aspirated) in the stem becoming ξ (unaspirated) before the nominative singular ending, ς. The genitive singular form is <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">τρῐχός</i> (trikhós) instead of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">*θρῐχός</i> (*thrikhós), due to Grassman's Law, which deaspirates θ to τ when there is an aspirated consonant in the next syllable (the χ). The stem of Ophiothrix is thus "Ophiotrich-"|title=Why Ophiothricidae is a misspelling}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} ophiothricid (plural ophiothricids)
  1. (zoology) Any brittle star in the family Ophiotrichidae. Wikipedia link: Grassman's Law Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Echinoderms

Inflected forms

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