Meanings
nounpachybrachine (uncountable)
- uncountableAny beetle of the chrysomelid tribe Pachybrachini (subtribe Pachybrachina in some classifications).
The first one I beat yielded a very large cryptocephaline that I had not seen on any of the other Prosopis, so I continued beating them and collected a nice series along with a few other clytrines, pachybrachines, and curculionoids.
2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae
Origin
- translingualPachybrachis
- Englishpachybrachine
From translingual Pachybrachis + -ine.
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APA
pachybrachine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pachybrachine
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“pachybrachine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pachybrachine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pachybrachine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pachybrachine.
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