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Polyphaga
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Translingual
right|thumb|Bostrichus capucinus species, an example of one of the Polyphaga
Etymology
From mul grc πολυφάγος eating to excess, from grc πολύς "many" + grc φαγεῖν "to eat", reflecting the wide variety of foods eaten across this group.
Proper noun
suborder order Coleoptera a very great number of beetles having the prothoracic pleuron not externally visible but fused with the trochantin
mul Polyphaga f genus family Corydiidae family sand cockroach es
Hypernyms
suborder
Hyponyms
suborder Bostrichiformia infraorder, Cucujiformia infraorder, Elateriformia infraorder, Scarabaeiformia infraorder, Staphyliniformia infraorder infraorders
genus Polyphaga aegyptiaca species type species
References
suborder
8870 Polyphaga 1
genus
Polyphaga (genus) Polyphaga (genus)
Polyphaga (Corydiidae) Polyphaga (Corydiidae)
Polyphaga (genus) Polyphaga (genus)
mul Beetles Cockroaches