"pythid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pythids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pythid (plural pythids)
  1. (zoology) Any beetle of the family Pythidae. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Tenebrionoid beetles

Inflected forms

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