单词 | Callithrix |
释义 | Definition of Callithrix in English:Callithrix(also callithrix) noun ˈkalɪθrɪkskəˈlɪθrɪks
OriginLate 16th century; earliest use found in John Bossewell (d. 1580), author. From classical Latin callithrix (plural callitriches), a kind of ape or monkey in Ethiopia (Pliny) from ancient Greek καλλίθριξ (oblique stem καλλιτριχ-) having beautiful hair or fur from καλλι-, combining form of κάλλος beauty + θρίξ hair, adopted as a genus name by J. C. P. Erxleben in his Systema Regni Animalis 55. Definition of Callithrix in US English:Callithrix(also callithrix) noun
OriginLate 16th century; earliest use found in John Bossewell (d. 1580), author. From classical Latin callithrix (plural callitriches), a kind of ape or monkey in Ethiopia (Pliny) from ancient Greek καλλίθριξ (oblique stem καλλιτριχ-) having beautiful hair or fur from καλλι-, combining form of κάλλος beauty + θρίξ hair, adopted as a genus name by J. C. P. Erxleben in his Systema Regni Animalis 55. |
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