Melyrid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Melyrid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any beetle in the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles.
Meaning
(zoology) Any beetle in the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles.
Example Sentences
A single Eleodes hispilabris (apparently on its last leg) was seen near the north end of the mesa, which I photographed and collected, and on the way back I encountered a small patch of Sphaeralcea coccinea (scarlet globemallow) in bloom, from the flowers of which I collected a few small melyrid-type beetles and a small halictid bee for Mike.
Word Forms
- melyrids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include melandryid, malachiid, melolonthid, dasytid, melittid, helophorid.
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