单词 | entomo- |
释义 | entomo-a combining form meaning “insect,” used in the formation of compound words: entomology. Origin of entomo-combining form of Greek éntomos notched, éntoma (noun use of neuter plural) insects, verbid of entémnein to cut in or up, equivalent to en-en-2 + tómos cut; see -tomy Words nearby entomo-entoectad, entoil, entomb, entomic, entomion, entomo-, entomofauna, entomol., entomologize, entomology, entomophagous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for entomo-entomo- combining formindicating an insectentomology Word Origin for entomo-from Greek entomon insect (literally: creature cut into sections), from en- in + -tomon, from temnein to cut Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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