Cytherea

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Cytherea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bombyliidae – certain bee flies.

Hypernyms

• (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

• Cytheria (fly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cytherea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cytherea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κυθέρεια (Kuthéreia), via Latin Cytherea.

Proper noun

Cytherea

1. (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.

Anagrams

• cheatery, eye chart, eyechart