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clytrine

clytrine adjective: of or pertaining to the beetles of the tribe Clytrini or the former family Clytrinae.

Adjective

clytrine (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the beetles of the tribe Clytrini or the former family Clytrinae.
    • I was committed to trying to find Agrilus on the plants—a single individual of which I’d beaten from the plants three days earlier, and after beating several plants and seeing none (but collecting a great number of clytrine and cryptocephaline chrysomelids along with other insects) I finally found...2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae

Origin of clytrine

From translingual Clytrini.

Questions about clytrine

What does clytrine mean?
Clytrine means of or pertaining to the beetles of the tribe Clytrini or the former family Clytrinae.
What part of speech is clytrine?
Clytrine is an adjective.

Words near clytrine in the dictionary

  1. clytes
  2. Clyth
  3. Clytie knot
  4. Clytie knots
  5. clyting
  6. clytrine
  7. Clywedog
  8. clàrsach
  9. clàrsachs
  10. Clèves
  11. cléché

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