Coccinelloid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coccinelloid is a noun meaning Any beetle of the superfamily Coccinelloidea.
Meaning
Any beetle of the superfamily Coccinelloidea.
Example Sentences
The coccinelloid (Cucujiformia) family Murmidiidae is revised.
Habitus photographs of cucujoid (A–H), cleroid (I) and coccinelloid (J–L) taxa.
Based on that phylogenetic hypothesis, the taxonomic definitions of many coccinelloid groups were reconsidered.
Coccinellidae, which comprises 360 genera and about 6000 species world-wide, is by far the largest family of coccinelloid beetles and, with the notable exception of the parasitic Bothrideridae, the only predominantly predatory lineage of Coccinelloidea.
Word Forms
- coccinelloids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cucujoid, tenebrionoid, scarabaeoid, elateroid, coccinellid, cucujid.
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