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melyrid

melyrid noun: any beetle in the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles.

Noun

melyrid (plural melyrids)

  1. Any beetle in the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles.
    • A single Eleodes hispilabris (apparently on its last leg) was seen near the north end of the mesa, which I photographed and collected, and on the way back I encountered a small patch of Sphaeralcea coccinea (scarlet globemallow) in bloom, from the flowers of which I collected a few small...2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae

Forms of melyrid

pluralmelyrids

Questions about melyrid

What does melyrid mean?
Melyrid means any beetle in the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles.
What part of speech is melyrid?
Melyrid is a noun.
What is the plural of melyrid?
The plural of melyrid is melyrids.

Words near melyrid in the dictionary

  1. melwel
  2. melwell
  3. melwells
  4. melwels
  5. Melwood
  6. melyrid
  7. melyrids
  8. melzanosalata
  9. Melzer
  10. Melzer's reagent
  11. Melzer's solution

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