-pelma

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Arachnoknight
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I have noticed that genus names often end with -pelma, such as stromatopelma, chromatopelma, aphonopelma, brachypelma, avicularia...pelma. What does this mean? Does -pelma even have a meaning? It seems a bit long to just be some word-finisher.
 
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