See Also: zygaena(dictionary)

zygaena (iou)



zygaena noun. L17.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek zugaina. In sense 2 app. arbitrarily applied.]
Zoology. A hammerhead shark of the genus Sphyrna (formerly Zygaena); esp. the smooth hammerhead, S. zygaena. Now rare or obsolete. L17.
Entomology. A burnet-moth of the genus Zygaena. Now only as mod. Latin genus name. M19.
zygaenid noun & adjective (Entomology) (a) noun a moth of the family Zygaenidae, which comprises the burnets and foresters; (b) adjective of, pertaining to, or designating this family: L19.