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(zoology, rare) Any member of the Phycosecidae, a family of beetles..
Phycosecids occur on beaches and often feed on dead fish.
Phycosecids live in sandy areas that border marine littoral zones.
Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae.
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Phycosecid means (zoology, rare) Any member of the Phycosecidae, a family of beetles..
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Phycosecids occur on beaches and often feed on dead fish.
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