Epitrix

noun

Ep·​i·​trix

ˈepəˌtriks

: a widely distributed genus of flea beetles including pests of various cultivated plants and some that are vectors of virus diseases see potato flea beetle, tuber flea beetle

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from epi- + -trix (from Greek thrix hair)

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