CANTHARIDAE

Meaning of CANTHARIDAE in English

soldier beetles

Animal names in Latin and English dict. Словарь названий животных в латинском и английском . 2012

CANTHARIDAE — I. kanˈtharəˌdē Etymology: New Latin, from Cantharis, type genus + -idae synonym of meloidae II. noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAILROAD WORM — noun Date: 1909 apple maggot , the larva or wingless female of any of several South American beetles (genus Phrixothrix …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CANTHARIS — I. ˈkan(t)thərə̇s, ˈkaan- noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin cantharis ) of Middle English cantharide, from Latin cantharid-, cantharis, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOLDIER BEETLE — noun : any of various usually brightly colored and soft-bodied beetles of the family Cantharidae (as Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus ) that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAILROAD WORM — noun 1. : apple maggot 2. : the larva or wingless female of any of several So. American beetles (genus …
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LAMPYRIDAE — lamˈpirəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Lampyris, type genus + -idae : a family of beetles of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAILROAD WORM — Date: 1909 1. [probably from its dissemination by railroad] : apple maggot 2. [from the rows of luminescent spots along …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOLDIER BEETLE — ■ noun an elongated flying beetle with soft downy wing cases. [Family Cantharidae.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
RAILROAD WORM — [railroad worm] n (1909) 1 [prob. fr. its dissemination by railroad]: apple maggot 2. [fr. the rows of luminescent spots …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOLDIER BEETLE — any member of the approximately 3,500 species of the widely distributed insect family Cantharidae (order Coleoptera). These slender, soft-bodied beetles …
Britannica English vocabulary
COLEOPTERAN — a member of the insect order Coleoptera, which contains the beetles and the weevils and is the largest of the …
Britannica English vocabulary

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