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ˈsunˌshiner local.
A popular name for certain shiny beetles: see quots.
1847Halliwell, Sun-shiner, the dark shining beetle. 1866E. C. Rye Brit. Beetles 55 This family [sc. Feroniides] comprises several species, the most often seen..being the ‘Sunshiners’, which are members of the genera Pterostichus and Amara. |