melyrid

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noun

Any beetle in the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles.

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Meanings

nounmelyrid (plural melyrids)

plural melyrids

  1. biologyAny beetle in the family Melyridae, the soft-winged flower beetles.
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    A single Eleodes hispilabris (apparently on its last leg) was seen near the north end of the mesa, which I photographed and collected, and on the way back I encountered a small patch of Sphaeralcea coccinea (scarlet globemallow) in bloom, from the flowers of which I collected a few small melyrid-type beetles and a small halictid bee for Mike.

    2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae
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melyrid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melyrid

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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