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FAMILY CARABIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
Carabidae; family Carabidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Carabidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Carabidae" is a member of...):
Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)