Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Peltigera

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin peltiger (pelta-bearer) + -a f, from pelta (small shield) + -ger (bearing, carrying).

Proper noun

Peltigera f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Peltigeraceae – the pelt lichens.
  2. A taxonomic section within the family Peltigeraceae Peltigera sect. Peltigera.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Belarusian: пельтыге́ра (pjelʹtyhjéra)
  • English: peltigera, (partial phono-semantic borrowing) pelt lichen
  • French: peltigère
  • Russian: пельти́гера (pelʹtígera)
  • Ukrainian: пельті́гера (pelʹtíhera)

References

Remove ads

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads