eumolpid

Meaning

Noun

• a member of the hereditary priesthood of the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece
• Any beetle in the chrysomelid subfamily Eumolpinae (family).

Origin

• From Ancient Greek Εὐμολπίδης, said to be after an ancestor named Εὔμολπος, though perhaps instead from εὔμολπος from εὐ- + μέλπω.
• From the family name Eumolpidae, which was named after the type genus, Eumolpus (genus)