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paussine

paussine noun: any member of the subfamily Paussinae of ground beetles, most of which live as predators in ants' nests.

Noun

paussine (plural paussines)

  1. Any member of the subfamily Paussinae of ground beetles, most of which live as predators in ants' nests.
    Synonyms:
    ant nest beetle

Synonyms of paussine

Forms of paussine

pluralpaussines

Origin of paussine

Borrowed from translingual Paussinae.

Questions about paussine

What does paussine mean?
Paussine means any member of the subfamily Paussinae of ground beetles, most of which live as predators in ants' nests.
What part of speech is paussine?
Paussine is a noun.
What is the plural of paussine?
The plural of paussine is paussines.

Words near paussine in the dictionary

  1. pausing
  2. pausingly
  3. pausings
  4. paussid
  5. paussids
  6. paussine
  7. paussines
  8. Paustian
  9. Paustians
  10. Paute
  11. pautovite

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