carabid

English

Etymology

Clipping of translingual Carabidae

Pronunciation

• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɹ.ɹə.bɪd/

Noun

carabid (plural carabids)

1. Any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.

   Synonym: ground beetle

   • 2010, Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology‎^[1], page 392:

     Chemically unknown tissue toxins from internal organs that may kill Pterostichus carabids are uniquely known from the milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis, which shows an aposematic coloration (orange dorsal line).

Translations

ground beetle — see ground beetle