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cupedid

cupedid noun: any beetle in the family Cupedidae.

Noun

cupedid (plural cupedids)

  1. Any beetle in the family Cupedidae.
    • Long, thin cupedid beetles clamber over the rotting humus – they are specialists at consuming soft, decaying wood and the fungus that causes that decay.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 158

Forms of cupedid

pluralcupedids

Questions about cupedid

What does cupedid mean?
Cupedid means any beetle in the family Cupedidae.
What part of speech is cupedid?
Cupedid is a noun.
What is the plural of cupedid?
The plural of cupedid is cupedids.

Words near cupedid in the dictionary

  1. cupcakery
  2. cupcakes
  3. cupcakey
  4. cupcaking
  5. CUPE
  6. cupedid
  7. cupedids
  8. cupel
  9. cupel-dust
  10. cupelation
  11. cupeled

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