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cantharoid

cantharoid noun: any member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.

Noun

cantharoid (plural cantharoids)

  1. Any member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.

Forms of cantharoid

pluralcantharoids

Origin of cantharoid

Clipping of taxonomic name Cantharoidea.

Questions about cantharoid

What does cantharoid mean?
Cantharoid means any member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.
What part of speech is cantharoid?
Cantharoid is a noun.
What is the plural of cantharoid?
The plural of cantharoid is cantharoids.

Words near cantharoid in the dictionary

  1. cantharidins
  2. cantharidism
  3. cantharidized
  4. cantharids
  5. cantharis
  6. cantharoid
  7. cantharoids
  8. cantharophilic
  9. cantharophilous
  10. cantharophily
  11. cantharus

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