haliplid
haliplid noun: any member of the family Haliplidae of crawling water beetles.
Noun
haliplid (plural haliplids)
- Any member of the family Haliplidae of crawling water beetles.
- He wrote, ‘The haliplids are the crawling water beetles. They are small, oval and convex and are usually yellow or brown with dark spots. They may be discerned from other aquatic beetles by their large and plate-like hind coxae.’2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 193
Forms of haliplid
| plural | haliplids |
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Questions about haliplid
- What does haliplid mean?
- Haliplid means any member of the family Haliplidae of crawling water beetles.
- What part of speech is haliplid?
- Haliplid is a noun.
- What is the plural of haliplid?
- The plural of haliplid is haliplids.
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