"Nephus" meaning in Translingual

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈnɛ.fəs/ [US]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”). The grammatical gender has changed due to confusion with Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension. Etymology templates: {{ety|mul|:lbor|grc:νέφος<t:cloud>|text=1|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "cloud", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "νέφος", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Translingual", "term" : "Nephus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "mul" }" data-lang="mul" data-title="Nephus"> Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”). Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Nephus|nogendercat=1}} Nephus m
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Coccinellidae – certain ladybirds. Tags: masculine
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  2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Coccinellidae – Nephus (Nephus). Tags: masculine Derived forms: Nephaspis
    Sense id: en-Nephus-mul-name-12IWjl1s Categories (other): Taxonomic names (subgenus), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
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