"cantharoid" meaning in English

See cantharoid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: cantharoids [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of taxonomic name Cantharoidea. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|mul-tax:Cantharoidea}} Clipping of taxonomic name Cantharoidea Head templates: {{en-noun}} cantharoid (plural cantharoids)
  1. Any member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.
    Sense id: en-cantharoid-en-noun-W2~7ND-g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Elateroid beetles

Inflected forms

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