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baridine

baridine noun: any weevil of the curculionid subfamily Baridinae, known as flower weevils.

Noun

baridine (plural baridines)

  1. Any weevil of the curculionid subfamily Baridinae, known as flower weevils.
    • Although baridines are quite easily differentiated from most other weevil groups by their characteristic round shape and ascended mesepimeron, these traditional diagnostic characters certainly are not apomorphic to baridines only and, below the level of subfamily, baridine identification is...2009, Steven R. Davis, “Morphology of Baridinae and related groups (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)”, in ProQuest
    • Biology. Nothing is known about the life history of Pteridobaris species except that P. maritima and an undescribed species have been collected from ferns (Morimoto & Yoshihara 1996). The only other known baridines associated with ferns are species of the New World genera Lamprobaris Champion and...2022 March 16, “Pteridobaris maritima (Roelofs)”, in TreatmentBank
    Synonyms:
    flower weevil

Examples of baridine in a sentence

  • The only other known baridines associated with ferns are species of the New World genera Lamprobaris Champion and Lissobaris Champion (A.2022 March 16, “Pteridobaris maritima (Roelofs)”, in TreatmentBank:
  • The natural history of baridines is poorly known. (...) Many baridines can also be found in semi-aquatic habitats(Can we date this quote?), “Subfamily Baridinae - Flower Weevils - BugGuide.Net”, in BugGuide.Net:

Synonyms of baridine

Forms of baridine

pluralbaridines
alternative formbaradine

Origin of baridine

From translingual Baridinae.

Questions about baridine

What does baridine mean?
Baridine means any weevil of the curculionid subfamily Baridinae, known as flower weevils.
How do you use baridine in a sentence?
The only other known baridines associated with ferns are species of the New World genera Lamprobaris Champion and Lissobaris Champion (A.
What part of speech is baridine?
Baridine is a noun.
What is the plural of baridine?
The plural of baridine is baridines.

Words near baridine in the dictionary

  1. Bariches
  2. baricite
  3. baricities
  4. baricitinib
  5. baricity
  6. baridine
  7. baridines
  8. bariferous
  9. Barigan
  10. Bariis
  11. Baril

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