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Definition of Chrysomelid
1. Noun. Brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems.
Generic synonyms: Beetle
Group relationships: Chrysomelidae, Family Chrysomelidae
Specialized synonyms: Flea Beetle, Colorado Beetle, Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa Decemlineata, Potato Beetle, Potato Bug
Definition of Chrysomelid
1. Noun. leaf beetle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chrysomelid
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysomelid
Literary usage of Chrysomelid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomologia Edinensis by James Wilson, James Duncan (1834)
"FAMILY—chrysomelid^E. WHEN Linnaeus established his great genus Chrysomela, he
included within its extended boundaries numerous groups which the mpre ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1912)
"... November 20, 1911, contained over thirty-six chrysomelid beetles of the species
Diabrotica soror. In that this species is very destructive in the state, ..."
3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"the Egyptians, Scarabeus plant-eating beetles include the leaf- Zoology, after
Sharp.) beetles (chrysomelid,E), the pea- and bean-weevils (BRUCHID^), ..."
4. The Mechanism of Evolution in Leptinotarsa by William Lawrence Tower, Joseph Kumler Breitenbeecher (1918)
"The following chapters give the results derived from an attempt to analyze the
phenomena of evolution, using chrysomelid beetles of the genus ..."
5. The Germ-cell Cycle in Animals by Robert William Hegner (1914)
"chrysomelid eggs both germ cells and somatic cells possess the full amount of
chromatin or else the elimination of this substance takes place in some other ..."
6. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... and fourteen of the chrysomelid.T. Thirty-seven species of Arachnid.T. which I
brought home, will be sufficient to prove that I was not paying overmuch ..."
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