Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, the typical genus of the family Nitidulidæ, established by Fabricius in 1775. The species are wide-spread, but not numerous, and are found chiefly on carrion.
- noun In ornithology, a genus of Indian flycatchers, containing N. hodgsoni.
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The team examined fossilized tooth enamel of leopards, lions, and spotted hyenas, in addition to three extinct species: Megantereon; Dino felis, a false saber-toothed cat; and Chasmoporithetes nitidula, an extinct hunting hyena.
Ancient Enemies 2007
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_Anthaxia nitidula_, passes his larval existence between the wood and the bark.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Excipula cpidcrmidis.glandicola. liliorum.majuscula. nitidula.rumicicola. ulmicola. viticola.
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