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Panesthia

noun
Pan·​es·​thia | \ paˈnesthēə\

Definition of Panesthia

: a genus of subsocial burrowing cockroaches

History and Etymology for Panesthia

New Latin, from pan- + Greek esthein to eat + New Latin -ia; akin to Greek (Homeric) edmenai to eat; from the characteristic of biting off each other's wings

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