CARABIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Ground beetles

Synonyms:

Carabidae; family Carabidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Carabidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Carabidae"):

carabid beetle; ground beetle (predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects)

Brachinus; genus Brachinus (bombardier beetles)

genus Calosoma (genus of large predaceous ground beetles that feed on injurious caterpillars)

Holonyms ("Carabidae" is a member of...):

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)