Pselaphus

noun

Psel·​a·​phus

ˈseləfəs

: a genus (the type of the family Pselaphidae) of small beetles

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek psēlaphan to grope about, feel, touch; akin to Greek psallein to pull, twitch

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