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harpaline

US/ˈhɑɹ.pə.lin/

harpaline adjective: belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Harpalinae.

Adjective

harpaline (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Harpalinae.
    • […] some genera listed by Jeannel as selenophorines were shifted to the harpaline group, and vice versa […]1959, The Coleopterists' Bulletin, volume 13, page 61
    • The harpaline genus Chydaeus includes about 25 species […]2004, Spixiana, volumes 27-28, page 21

Noun

harpaline (plural harpalines)

  1. Any ground beetle of the taxonomic subfamily Harpalinae.
    • In many ditomines and harpalines, the males possess four laterally extended tarsi, but both sexes climb on umbelliferous plants and other herbs with the same ease.2000, Pietro Brandmayr, Natural History and Applied Ecology of Carabid Beetles, page 87

Forms of harpaline

pluralharpalines

Origin of harpaline

Borrowed from translingual Harpalinae. By surface analysis, translingual Harpalus + -ine. Further from Latin Harpalus and Ancient Greek Ἅρπαλος (Hárpalos).

Questions about harpaline

What does harpaline mean?
Harpaline means belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Harpalinae.
What part of speech is harpaline?
Harpaline can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce harpaline?
Harpaline is pronounced /ˈhɑɹ.pə.lin/ (US).

Words near harpaline in the dictionary

  1. harpagon
  2. harpagone
  3. harpagones
  4. harpagons
  5. harpagoside
  6. harpaline
  7. harpalines
  8. Harpalyke
  9. Harparary
  10. harpax
  11. harpe

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