Amphitrite

See also: amphitrite

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀμφιτρίτη (Amphitrítē, “Wife of Poseidon”), also "three times around", perhaps for the coiled forms specimens take.

Proper noun

Amphitrite f

A taxonomic genus within the family Terebellidae – spaghetti worms, sea-floor-dwelling polychetes.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Annelida - phylum; Polychaeta - class; Sedentaria - subclass; Terebellida - order; Terebellidae - family; Amphitritinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Amphitrite cirrata - type species

Gallery

Amphitrite sp.
Amphitrite irnata

References

Terebellidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Amphitritinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Amphitrite (Terebellidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Amphitrite astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀμφιτρίτη (Amphitrítē).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌæm.fɪˈtɹaɪ.ti/

Proper noun

Amphitrite

(Greek mythology) A nymph, the wife of Poseidon.
(astronomy) 29 Amphitrite, a main belt asteroid.

Synonyms

(astronomy): 29 Amphitrite, ㉙

Translations

Greek goddess

Armenian: Ամփիտրիտե (hy) (Ampʿitrite)
Catalan: Amfitrite (ca) f
Czech: Amfitríta f
Esperanto: Amfitrito
French: Amphitrite (fr) f
Georgian: ამფიტრიტე (ampiṭriṭe)
German: Amphitrite (de) f
Greek: Αμφιτρίτη (el) f (Amfitríti)
Ancient: Ἀμφιτρίτη f (Amphitrítē)
Hungarian: Amphitrité
Italian: Anfitrite f
Japanese: アムピトリーテー (Amupitorītē), アンフィトリテ (Anfitorite)
Korean: 암피트리테 (Ampiteurite)
Latin: Amphitrītē f
Manipuri: ꯑꯦꯝꯐꯤꯇ꯭ꯔꯥꯢꯇꯤ (ʼemphit͟rāiti)
Polish: Amfitryta f
Portuguese: Anfitrite f
Romanian: Amfitrita f
Russian: Амфитри́та (ru) f (Amfitríta)
Spanish: Anfitrite f, Anfitrita f
Thai: แอมฟิไทรที
Ukrainian: Амфітрі́та f (Amfitríta)

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