1 -ctonus | Definition of -ctonus
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Definition of -ctonus

: killer in generic names especially of insects Dendroctonus

History and Etymology for -ctonus

New Latin, from Greek ktonos murder; akin to Greek kteinein to slay, Sanskrit kṣaṇoti he wounds, injures, Old Persian a-ḫshata unhurt

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