acanthocinine

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noun

Any longhorn beetle of the tribe Acanthocinini.

Origintaxonomic name Acanthocinini →
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Meanings

nounacanthocinine (plural acanthocinines)

plural acanthocinines

  1. biologyAny longhorn beetle of the tribe Acanthocinini.

    Also collected one A. cazieri on a rain gauge, Mecas rotundicollis and one as yet undetermined acanthocinine cerambycid on miscellaneous foliage, one tiger beetle (Cicindela sedecimpunctata?) on the roadside, and two orange lycids in flight.

    2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae

Origin

  1. taxonomic nameAcanthocinini
  2. Englishacanthocinine

From taxonomic name Acanthocinini.

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APA

acanthocinine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acanthocinine

MLA

“acanthocinine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acanthocinine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acanthocinine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acanthocinine.

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