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melyrids

melyrids is the plural of melyrid.

Meaning of melyrid

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

Questions about melyrids

What is melyrids the plural of?
Melyrids is the plural of melyrid.

Words near melyrids in the dictionary

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

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