φυλλόβιος

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μέτρον γὰρ τοῦ βίου τὸ καλόν, οὐ τὸ τοῦ χρόνου μῆκος → for life's measure is its beauty not its length (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium 111.D.4)

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Greek Monolingual

ο, Ν
ζωολ. γένος μικρών κολεόπτερων εντόμων που ζουν πάνω στα οπωροφόρα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αντιδάνεια λ., πρβλ. αγγλ. phyllobius < φύλλο(ν) + βίος.