Ctenus

Translingual

Ctenus transvaalensis.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κτενός (ktenós), genitive singular of Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís, “comb”). Further from Proto-Indo-European *pḱtḗn (“comb”) and Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”).

Proper noun

Ctenus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ctenidae – typical ctenids; certain spiders closely related to wolf spiders.

Derived terms

• Acanthoctenus
• Asthenoctenus
• Bulboctenus
• Califorctenus
• Caloctenus
• Centroctenus
• Chococtenus
• Enoploctenus
• Gephyroctenus
• Guasuctenus
• Isoctenus
• Leptoctenus
• Nothroctenus
• Oligoctenus
• Phymatoctenus
• Sinoctenus
• Spinoctenus

Further reading

• Ctenus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ctenus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ctenus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons