English

epipleuron

From epi- + pleuron.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Ancient Greek πλευρόν ‘rib, side’

Today it means

noun The outer margin of an elytron of a beetle

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Etymograph / epipleuron