Lycid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lycid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any member of the Lycidae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any member of the Lycidae.
Example Sentences
For an instant I thought it was a lycid, but it moved characteristically like a longhorned beetle, and I quickly realized that I had collected Elytroleptus floridanus—a quite rare southeastern U.S. species that I have only seen once before when I reared a single individual from dead oak that I collected in the Missouri bootheel (and representing a new state record).
Word Forms
- lycids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lyctid, lypusid, lycoteuthid, lycosuchid, liliid, lycosoid.
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