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Definition of Popillia
1. Noun. A genus of Scarabaeidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeidae
Member holonyms: Japanese Beetle, Popillia Japonica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Popillia
Literary usage of Popillia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist by British Trust for Entomology, Royal Entomological Society of London (1840)
"popillia virescens. Bright gold-green, very shining: elytra testaceous, with a
metallic ... popillia nit Ida. Bright gold-green; antennae, elytra and legs ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1786)
"... not popillia. I was then in a hurry to fend my ... the family of popillia
alone occurs; ... wife popillia, though the common editions of the ..."
3. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Society of London (1895)
"... n. subg. of popillia ; KOLBE, p. 209, Ent. Zeit. ... ng, for popillia minúscula,
Har. ; KOLBE, p. 259, Ent. Zeit. ..."
4. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith, Mahmoud Saba (1857)
"... the Via popillia (regarded by the Itineraries as a branch of the Via Appia),
which, in its course from Capua to Rhegium, traversed the whole province ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"It was probably only a small fishing village until it became the point of junction
of the Via Postumia and the Via popillia (see Aquí ..."
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