meloid
/mel-oid/US // ˈmɛl ɔɪd //UK // (ˈmɛlɔɪd) //
瓜类,类人猿,瓜果类,瓜子状
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a beetle of the family Meloidae, comprising the blister beetles.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : belonging or pertaining to the family Meloidae.
Examples
Carabidoid: applied to the second stage of a meloid larva, when it resembles that of a Carabid.
Scarabidoid: applied to that stage of a meloid larva in which it resembles a white grub or Scarabid larva.
I was therefore firmly convinced that the parasite of the Mantis-hunters could only be a Meloid.
And behold, the law of the Meloid has to be struck off the statutes, a fate common to many others, as this chapter will prove.
No one, as far as I am aware, had as yet suspected the true parasitism of a carnivorous Meloid.
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