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melolonthine

melolonthine adjective: belonging to the Melolonthinae, a subfamily of scarabs.

Adjective

melolonthine (comparative more melolonthine, superlative most melolonthine)

  1. Belonging to the Melolonthinae, a subfamily of scarabs.

Noun

melolonthine (plural melolonthines)

  1. Any scarab of the subfamily Melolonthinae.

Forms of melolonthine

Adjective
comparativemore melolonthine
superlativemost melolonthine
Noun
pluralmelolonthines

Origin of melolonthine

Borrowed from translingual Melolonthinae.

Questions about melolonthine

What does melolonthine mean?
Melolonthine means belonging to the Melolonthinae, a subfamily of scarabs.
What part of speech is melolonthine?
Melolonthine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near melolonthine in the dictionary

  1. meloids
  2. melolagnia
  3. melology
  4. melolonthid
  5. melolonthids
  6. melolonthine
  7. melomakarona
  8. melomakarono
  9. melomakaronos
  10. melomane
  11. melomanes

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