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carabids

carabids is the plural of carabid.

Meaning of carabid

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

Questions about carabids

What is carabids the plural of?
Carabids is the plural of carabid.

Words near carabids in the dictionary

  1. carabidans
  2. carabideous
  3. carabidologist
  4. carabidologists
  5. carabidology
  6. carabids
  7. carabin
  8. carabine
  9. carabined
  10. carabineer
  11. carabineers

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