Achilleum
Translingual
Etymology
From Achilles, from the idea that the Greeks put these or similar sponges under their helmets and greaves as shock absorbers.[1], erected in 1815; last used for species in 1841.
Proper noun
Achilleum n
- (obsolete) A (variously defined) taxonomic grouping of sponges (or zoophytes).
References
- Achilleum at Index to Organism Names
- 1874, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Transactions, page 52