| 释义 |
pas·sa·lus
\ˈpasələs\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek passalos peg; akin to Greek pēssein to fix, fasten, pēgnynai to fix, fasten — more at pact
1. capitalized : the type genus of the family Passalidae
2. -es : any beetle of Passalus or a related genus; especially : a flat shiny black gregarious bess-bug (Popilius disjunctus) of the southern U.S. — called also horned passalus |