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from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the genus Carabus; resembling a carabus.
- Of or pertaining to the second larval stage of insects which undergo hypermetamorphosis, as the blister-beetles, Meloidæ. The caraboid stage succeeds the triunguline and precedes the scarabæoid stage. Also
carabidoid . - noun A member of the genus Carabus, or of the family Carabidæ; a carabus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to the caraboid larva.
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