Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A curious genus of laparostict scarabæid beetles, having five ventral segments visible and the epimera of the mesothorax not reaching the rounded coxæ.

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  • After all, the explorers had already communicated the fact that the aliens were unaggressive ni-trox breathers.

    Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

  • After all, the explorers had already communicated the fact that the aliens were unaggressive ni-trox breathers.

    Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

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