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acrocerids

acrocerids is the plural of acrocerid.

Meaning of acrocerid

Noun

acrocerid (plural acrocerids)

  1. Any fly of the family Acroceridae.
    • The Acrocerids are very curious and characteristic flies on account of their small head, large, bulbous thorax, inflated abdomen and large thoracic squamulae.1907, William Lundbeck, Diptera Danica: Genera and Species of Flies Hitherto Found in Denmark, G.E.C. Gad, →OCLC

Questions about acrocerids

What is acrocerids the plural of?
Acrocerids is the plural of acrocerid.

Words near acrocerids in the dictionary

  1. acrocephaly
  2. Acroceraunian
  3. acrocerci
  4. acrocercus
  5. acrocerid
  6. acrocerids
  7. acrochord
  8. acrochordal
  9. acrochordid
  10. acrochordids
  11. acrochordoid

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