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Etymology
Clipping of translingual Carabidae
Pronunciation
Noun
carabid (plural carabids)
- Any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.
- Synonym: ground beetle
2010, Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology, page 392:Chemically unknown tissue toxins from internal organs that may kill Pterostichus carabids are uniquely known from the milacid slug Tandonia budapestensis, which shows an aposematic coloration (orange dorsal line).
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