Selenites

See also: selenites and sélénites

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Selenites f

A taxonomic genus within the family Coccinellidae – certain Old World ladybird beetles, now Cheilomenes.
A taxonomic genus within the family Haplotrematidae – certain land snails, now genus Zophos.

References

“Selenites”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

snail

Zophos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Austroselenitinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

insect

Cheilomenes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cheilomenes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Noun

Selenites

plural of Selenite

Anagrams

eliteness, enlistees

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