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staphylinid

staphylinid noun: any beetle of the family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles.

Noun

staphylinid (plural staphylinids)

  1. Any beetle of the family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles.

Forms of staphylinid

pluralstaphylinids

Origin of staphylinid

Borrowed from Translingual Staphylinidae.

Questions about staphylinid

What does staphylinid mean?
Staphylinid means any beetle of the family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles.
What part of speech is staphylinid?
Staphylinid is a noun.
What is the plural of staphylinid?
The plural of staphylinid is staphylinids.

Words near staphylinid in the dictionary

  1. staphylectomies
  2. staphylectomy
  3. staphyles
  4. staphyline
  5. staphylines
  6. staphylinid
  7. staphylinidologist
  8. staphylinidologists
  9. staphylinids
  10. staphylinoid
  11. staphylinoids

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