"meloid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: meloids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} meloid (plural meloids)
  1. (zoology) Any beetle of the taxonomic family Meloidae; a blister beetle. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Tenebrionoid beetles Translations (beetle of the family Meloidae): meloide [masculine] (Italian)

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