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hemerobian

hemerobian adjective: of or pertaining to the lacewings of the genus Hemerobius.

Adjective

hemerobian (not comparable)

  1. of or pertaining to the lacewings of the genus Hemerobius.

Noun

hemerobian (plural hemerobians)

  1. Any of the genus Hemerobius of lacewings.

Forms of hemerobian

pluralhemerobians

Origin of hemerobian

From Hemerobius + -an.

Questions about hemerobian

What does hemerobian mean?
Hemerobian means of or pertaining to the lacewings of the genus Hemerobius.
What part of speech is hemerobian?
Hemerobian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hemerobian in the dictionary

  1. hemeranthous
  2. Hemerdon
  3. Hemerobaptism
  4. Hemerobaptist
  5. Hemerobaptists
  6. hemerobian
  7. hemerobians
  8. hemerobiid
  9. hemerobiids
  10. hemerocallis
  11. hemerocallises

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