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veliid

veliid noun: any member of the family Veliidae of riffle bugs.

Noun

veliid (plural veliids)

  1. Any member of the family Veliidae of riffle bugs.
    • However some gerrids, nepids and veliids are attacked by allantonematid nematodes and Burton (1963) found Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobb) in a bedbug, although this insect was not considered an intermediate host.1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations

Forms of veliid

pluralveliids

Questions about veliid

What does veliid mean?
Veliid means any member of the family Veliidae of riffle bugs.
What part of speech is veliid?
Veliid is a noun.
What is the plural of veliid?
The plural of veliid is veliids.

Words near veliid in the dictionary

  1. veliform
  2. veliger
  3. veligerous
  4. veligers
  5. veligrotug
  6. veliid
  7. veliids
  8. Velika
  9. Velika Gorica
  10. Velika Kopanica
  11. Velika Ludina

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