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nounhaliplid (plural haliplids)
plural haliplids
- biologyAny member of the family Haliplidae of crawling water beetles.
He wrote, ‘The haliplids are the crawling water beetles. They are small, oval and convex and are usually yellow or brown with dark spots. They may be discerned from other aquatic beetles by their large and plate-like hind coxae.’
2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 193
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haliplid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haliplid
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