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naucoroid

naucoroid adjective: resembling, related to or pertaining to true bugs in the genus Naucoris or the family Naucoridae, the creeping water bugs.

Adjective (1)

naucoroid (comparative more naucoroid, superlative most naucoroid)

  1. Resembling, related to or pertaining to true bugs in the genus Naucoris or the family Naucoridae, the creeping water bugs

Noun

naucoroid (plural naucoroids)

  1. Any naucoroid bug

Adjective (2)

naucoroid (comparative more naucoroid, superlative most naucoroid)

  1. Resembling, related to or pertaining to fungi in the genus Naucoria, which may be a synonym of the genus Alnicola.

Forms of naucoroid

Adjective
comparativemore naucoroid
superlativemost naucoroid
Noun
pluralnaucoroids

Questions about naucoroid

What does naucoroid mean?
Naucoroid means resembling, related to or pertaining to true bugs in the genus Naucoris or the family Naucoridae, the creeping water bugs.
What part of speech is naucoroid?
Naucoroid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near naucoroid in the dictionary

  1. naucleri
  2. nauclerus
  3. naucorid
  4. naucorids
  5. naucorioid
  6. naucoroid
  7. naucrar
  8. naucraries
  9. naucrars
  10. naucrary
  11. Naucratis

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