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carabid

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Southern US/ˈkeɹ.ɹə.bɪd/

carabid noun: any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.

Noun

carabid (plural carabids)

  1. Any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.
    • Chemically unknown tissue toxins from internal organs that may kill Pterostichus carabids are uniquely known from the milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis, which shows an aposematic coloration (orange dorsal line).2010, Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology, page 392
    Synonyms:
    ground beetle

Synonyms of carabid

Forms of carabid

pluralcarabids

Origin of carabid

Borrowed from Translingual Carabidae.

Questions about carabid

What does carabid mean?
Carabid means any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.
What part of speech is carabid?
Carabid is a noun.
How do you pronounce carabid?
Carabid is pronounced /ˈkeɹ.ɹə.bɪd/ (Southern US).
What is the plural of carabid?
The plural of carabid is carabids.

Words near carabid in the dictionary

  1. carabeef
  2. carabeen
  3. carabeens
  4. carabersat
  5. carabi
  6. carabid
  7. carabidan
  8. carabidans
  9. carabideous
  10. carabidologist
  11. carabidologists

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