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Definition of Chrysomelids
1. chrysomelid [n] - See also: chrysomelid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysomelids
Literary usage of Chrysomelids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"... in its later stages also agrees with that of Donacia, (both being chrysomelids.)
A stud}- of the development of ..."
2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"The black-legged tortoise-beetle (Cassida nigripes) represents a genus of bright
golden-colored chrysomelids of a peculiar shape, which are most often found ..."
3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"Nevertheless the development of several chrysomelids has been studied more or
less incompletely. Packard (35) made a brief study of ..."
4. A Manual on the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"... and the leaf-feeding habits will serve to distinguish the chrysomelids.
The Leaf beetles are nearly all comparatively small, the Colorado Potato-beetle ..."
5. Evolution and Animal Life: An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"... the brilliant green blister beetles, the striped and spotted chrysomelids —
in all these and many others there can be no talk of protective resemblance. ..."
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