carabid
English
editEtymology
editClipping of translingual Carabidae
Pronunciation
edit- (Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈkeɹ.ɹə.bɪd/
Noun
editcarabid (plural carabids)
- Any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.
- Synonym: ground beetle
- 2010, Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology[1], page 392:
- Chemically unknown tissue toxins from internal organs that may kill Pterostichus carabids are uniquely known from the milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis, which shows an aposematic coloration (orange dorsal line).
Translations
editground beetle — see ground beetle