Paracymus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From para- (“around”) +‎ Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûmă, “wave; billow; flood”) +‎ -us, interpretable as "near [the] wave[s]," due to the beetles' hydrophilous nature. Only partially cognate to, not directly derived from, translingual Cymus; a genus of lygaeoids. Coined by U.S. entomologist James Livingston Thomson in 1867. === Pronunciation === English: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɛː.ɹəˈsaɪ.məs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɛɹ.əˈsaɪ.məs/ (US, weak vowel merger, rhotic, mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˌpɛ˞.əˈsaɪ.mɨs/ Rhymes: -aɪməs === Proper noun === Paracymus m A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrophilidae – certain water scavenger beetles. Synonyms: (deprecated) Paracymorphus, Eumetacymus, Quasiparacymus ==== Derived terms ==== Paracymorphus Quasiparacymus === See also === Paracymus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Paracymus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Paracymus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons