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selenophorine

selenophorine noun: any ground beetle in the taxonomic tribe Selenophorina within the family Carabidae,.

Noun

selenophorine (plural selenophorines)

  1. Any ground beetle in the taxonomic tribe Selenophorina within the family Carabidae,
    • […] on the basis of this character, this genus must be considered to be a harpaline rather than a selenophorine.1959, The Coleopterists' Bulletin, volume 13, page 61
    • In North America, selenophorines reach only extreme southeastern and southwestern Canada.2000, Ross H. Arnett; Michael C. Thomas, Jr., American Beetles, Volume I, page 91

Forms of selenophorine

pluralselenophorines

Questions about selenophorine

What does selenophorine mean?
Selenophorine means any ground beetle in the taxonomic tribe Selenophorina within the family Carabidae,.
What part of speech is selenophorine?
Selenophorine is a noun.
What is the plural of selenophorine?
The plural of selenophorine is selenophorines.

Words near selenophorine in the dictionary

  1. selenophile
  2. selenophiles
  3. selenophilia
  4. selenophilic
  5. selenophobia
  6. selenophorine
  7. selenophorines
  8. selenophosphate
  9. selenophosphate synthetase
  10. selenophosphate synthetases
  11. selenophosphates

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