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Meloidae
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Translingual
Etymology
mul Meloe idae. Meloe genus is of obscure origin, appearing as melloes in the writings of Paracelsus; possibly from mul grc μέλω to probe a wound, care for, or an alteration of mul la molestus, referring to liquid released from the joints when molested.
Proper noun
family order Coleoptera blister beetles
Hypernyms
family ; Polyphaga - suborder; Cucujiformia infraorder - infraorder; Tenebrionoidea superfamily - superfamily
Hyponyms
family Eleticinae subfamily, Meloinae subfamily, Nemognathinae subfamily, Tetraonycinae subfamily - subfamilies
References
181 1
Richard E. White: Peterson Field Guides: Beetles (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983 ISBN: 0-395-33953-7)
mul Tenebrionoid beetles