Achilleum
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Achilles, from the idea that the Greeks put these or similar sponges under their helmets and greaves as shock absorbers,[1] erected in 1815; last used for species in 1841.
Proper noun[edit]
Achilleum n
References[edit]
- ^ 1874, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Transactions, page 52
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Achillēum
- inflection of Achillēus: