Adephaga
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀδηφάγος (adēphágos, “gluttonous, greedy”)
Proper noun
Adephaga
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Coleoptera – the adephagan beetles.
Hypernyms
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order
Hyponyms
- (order): Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Carabidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Meruidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae, Trachypachidae, Colymbothetidae, Coptoclavidae, Liadytidae, Parahygrobiidae, Triaplidae (families)
References
Adephaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Adephaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Adephaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
