Pyrgus
noun
Pyr·gus
ˈpərgəs
: a widely distributed genus of skipper butterflies usually having the wings largely checkered
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Late Latin, tower, from Greek pyrgos, perhaps of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German burg fortified place
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