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cucujoid

cucujoid noun: any beetle of the superfamily Cucujoidea.

cucujoid: any beetle of the superfamily Cucujoidea
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Noun

cucujoid (plural cucujoids)

  1. Any beetle of the superfamily Cucujoidea.
    • This line gave rise to the bostrichoids, in which all the spiracles in the adult remained functional, and the cucujoids, in which the spiracle on the adult eighth abdominal segment became nonfunctional.1991, Herbert Holdsworth Ross, Charles Alexander Ross, June R. P. Ross, A Textbook of Entomology, page 376
    • The cucujoid superfamily is a large and diverse assemblage of over 30 families, including a host of rarities as well as a few very well-known groups (particularly ladybird and sap beetles, Coccinellidae and Nitidulidae, respectively).2006, James T. Costa, The Other Insect Societies, page 499

Forms of cucujoid

pluralcucujoids

Questions about cucujoid

What does cucujoid mean?
Cucujoid means any beetle of the superfamily Cucujoidea.
What part of speech is cucujoid?
Cucujoid is a noun.
What is the plural of cucujoid?
The plural of cucujoid is cucujoids.

Words near cucujoid in the dictionary

  1. cucqueans
  2. cucs
  3. cucujid
  4. cucujids
  5. cucujo
  6. cucujoid
  7. cucujoids
  8. cucujos
  9. cuculid
  10. cuculids
  11. cuculiform

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