Nepa

See also: nepa, nepä, and NEPA

Translingual

Nepa cinerea

Etymology

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Proper noun

Nepa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nepidae – water scorpions.
2. Synonym of Ulex (“gorse genus”)

Hypernyms

• (genus of water scorpions): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Heteroptera - suborder; Nepomorpha - infraorder; Nepoidea - superfamily; Nepidae - family; Nepinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus of water scorpions): Nepa cinerea - type species

References

water scorpions

• Nepa (insect) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nepa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Nepa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons