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hister beetle

hister beetle noun: any beetle of the family Histeridae.

hister beetle: any beetle of the family Histeridae
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Noun

hister beetle (plural hister beetles)

  1. Any beetle of the family Histeridae.
    • While I was on the ground photographing the flowers, I noticed a red and black hister beetle that proved to be Margarinotus bipustulatus—aptly named considering the two red maculations on the elytra.2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae

Synonyms of hister beetle

Forms of hister beetle

pluralhister beetles
alternative formHister beetle

Questions about hister beetle

What does hister beetle mean?
Hister beetle means any beetle of the family Histeridae.
What part of speech is hister beetle?
Hister beetle is a noun.
What is the plural of hister beetle?
The plural of hister beetle is hister beetles.

Words near hister beetle in the dictionary

  1. histatin
  2. histatins
  3. histed
  4. histel
  5. histels
  6. hister beetle
  7. hister beetles
  8. histeranthous
  9. histerid
  10. histerids
  11. histi-

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