Etymology

broscine

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Today it means: Any ground beetle of the subfamily Broscinae, known for digging through sand. Full definition →

translingual Broscinae
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromBroscinae
  2. English todaybroscine

Borrowed from translingual Broscinae. By surface analysis, translingual Broscus + -ine.

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