cupedid

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noun

Any beetle in the family Cupedidae.

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Meanings

nouncupedid (plural cupedids)

plural cupedids

  1. biologyAny beetle in the family Cupedidae.

    Long, thin cupedid beetles clamber over the rotting humus – they are specialists at consuming soft, decaying wood and the fungus that causes that decay.

    2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 158
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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