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hister beetles

hister beetles is the plural of hister beetle.

Meaning of hister beetle

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

Questions about hister beetles

What is hister beetles the plural of?
Hister beetles is the plural of hister beetle.

Words near hister beetles in the dictionary

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

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