Cytherea
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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Proper noun edit
Cytherea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bombyliidae – certain bee flies.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Asilomorpha - infraorder; Asiloidea - superfamily; Bombyliidae - family; Cythereinae - subfamily
References edit
Cytheria (fly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cytherea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cytherea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Κυθέρεια (Kuthéreia), via Latin Cytherea.
Proper noun edit
Cytherea
- (Greek mythology) The goddess Aphrodite.
- 1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 24:
- The gloved and jewelled bards who sing / Of Pippa, Maud, and Guinevere, / Have hardly done the 'handsome thing' / For you, my inky Cytherea.