Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of blister-beetles of the family Cantharidæ, having filiform antennæ and subulate elytra.
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Examples
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When the female bee lays her eggs, the young sitaris springs upon them and devours them.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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a very peculiar and abnormal mode of development of a certain beetle, the sitaris, as described by M. Fabre.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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