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meloids

meloids is the plural of meloid.

Meaning of meloid

Noun

meloid (plural meloids)

  1. Any beetle of the taxonomic family Meloidae; a blister beetle.
    • Cantharidin is sometimes referred to as Spanish fly because of its derivation from adults of the large meloid Lytta vesicatoria that is commonly found in Spain; it is a potent vesicant with a putative function as an aphrodisiac.1981, Murry Blum, Chemical Defenses of Arthropods, page 20

Questions about meloids

What is meloids the plural of?
Meloids is the plural of meloid.

Words near meloids in the dictionary

  1. melogenic
  2. melograph
  3. melographic
  4. melographs
  5. meloid
  6. meloids
  7. melolagnia
  8. melology
  9. melolonthid
  10. melolonthids
  11. melolonthine

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