- carabid
- noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek karabos horned beetle Date: 1880 ground beetle
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
carabid
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Carabid — Car a*bid, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus {Carabus} or family {Carabidae}. n. One of the {Carabidae}, a family of active insectivorous beetles. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
carabid — [kar′ə bid΄] n. 〚< ModL < Gr karabos, a horned beetle〛 GROUND BEETLE * * * car·a·bid (kărʹə bĭd, kə răbʹĭd) n. Any of a large family (Carabidae) of chiefly black beetles that often inhabit the spaces under stones, logs, or piles of debris and… … Universalium
carabid — [kar′ə bid΄] n. [< ModL < Gr karabos, a horned beetle] GROUND BEETLE … English World dictionary
carabid — noun Any of very many shiny black beetles of the family Carabidae … Wiktionary
caràbid — ca|rà|bid Mot Pla Nom masculí … Diccionari Català-Català
carabid — n. ground beetle, any of a family of insect eating beetles that are black or metallic in color and live under rocks or various rubble … English contemporary dictionary
carabid — [ karəbɪd] noun Entomology a beetle of a family (Carabidae) comprising the predatory ground beetles. Origin C19: from mod. L Carabidae, from L. carabus, denoting a kind of crab … English new terms dictionary
carabid — ca·ra·bid … English syllables
carabid — ˈkarəbə̇d, kəˈrabə̇d noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Carabidae : a beetle of the family Carabidae : ground beetle … Useful english dictionary
carabid beetles — type of beetle, type of insect … English contemporary dictionary
