Definition of Epitrix
: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
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Epitrix
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Ep·i·trix
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ˈepəˌtriks
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Origin and Etymology of epitrix
New Latin, from epi- + -trix (from Greek thrix hair)
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