Polyphaga

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Translingual

Bostrichus capucinus, an example of one of the Polyphaga

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολυφάγος (poluphágos, “eating to excess”), from πολύς (polús) "many" + φαγεῖν (phageîn) "to eat", reflecting the wide variety of foods eaten across this group.

Proper noun

Polyphaga

  1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Coleoptera – a very great number of beetles having the prothoracic pleuron not externally visible but fused with the trochantin.
  2. (Polyphaga f) A taxonomic genus within the family Corydiidae – sand cockroaches.

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