Common name | Bouche coupante |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | Quebec |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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Remarks | 'Bouche', i.e., mouth, from Latin 'bucca', i.e., cheek, mouth, replaced 'os, oris' (p. 99 in Ref. 9404); 'coupante', i.e., cutting, sharp, from 'couper, coup', from Imperial Latin 'colaphus', i.e., a punch or bellow, borrowed from Greek 'kolaphos', i.e., to be under siege (p. 205 in Ref. 9404). |