-ctonus

-ctonus
\\ktənəs\ noun combining form
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ktonos murder; akin to Greek kteinein to slay, Sanskrit kṣaṇoti he wounds, injures, Old Persian a-hḫshata unhurt
: killer — in generic names especially of insects

Dendroctonus


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