cardinal beetle

noun

A bright-red-colored beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis.

Meanings

nouncardinal beetle (plural cardinal beetles)

plural cardinal beetles

  1. A bright-red-colored beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis.
  2. A related species, Pyrochroa coccinea
  3. A more distantly related species, Schizotus pectinicornis
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