clytrine

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the beetles of the tribe Clytrini or the former family Clytrinae.

Origintranslingual Clytrini →
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Meanings

adjectiveclytrine (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf or pertaining to the beetles of the tribe Clytrini or the former family Clytrinae.
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    I was committed to trying to find Agrilus on the plants—a single individual of which I’d beaten from the plants three days earlier, and after beating several plants and seeing none (but collecting a great number of clytrine and cryptocephaline chrysomelids along with other insects) I finally found one!

    2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae

Origin

  1. translingualClytrini
  2. Englishclytrine

From translingual Clytrini.

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Cite this entry
APA

clytrine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clytrine

MLA

“clytrine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clytrine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clytrine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clytrine.

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