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false jewel beetles

false jewel beetles is the plural of false jewel beetle.

Meaning of false jewel beetle

Noun

false jewel beetle (plural false jewel beetles)

  1. Any beetle of the family Schizopodidae, which resemble and are closely related to jewel beetles (buprestids).
    • Schizopodid beetles or false jewel beetles are similar to metallic wood-boring beetles or jewel beetles (Buprestidae) but are distinguished by the deeply bilobed fourth tarsal segment of the adults.2006, Arthur V. Evans, James N. Hogue, Field Guide to Beetles of California, University of California Press, page 123
    Synonyms:
    schizopodid

Questions about false jewel beetles

What is false jewel beetles the plural of?
False jewel beetles is the plural of false jewel beetle.

Words near false jewel beetles in the dictionary

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  5. false jewel beetle
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