Aetokthonos

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós, “eagle”) + χθόνιος (khthónios, “buried, underworld”) + -ος (-os). Literally, “eagle killer”. From a species of it, Aetokthonos hydrillicola, being identified as the source of a toxin, aetokthonotoxin, killing eagles.

Proper noun

Aetokthonos m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hapalosiphonaceae – certain cyanobacteria.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Cyanobacteria - phylum; Cyanophyceae - class; Nostocophycideae - subclass; Nostocales - order; Hapalosiphonaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Aetokthonos hydrillicola (Ah) - sole accepted species

Descendants

• English: aetokthonotoxin

References

• Hapalosiphonaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aetokthonos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Hapalosiphonaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Aetokthonos at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Aetokthonos at World Register of Marine Species
• Aetokthonos at Index to Organism Names