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lycid, a. and n.|ˈlɪsɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Lycidæ, f. generic name Lycus (J. C. Fabricius Mantissa Insectorum (1787) I. 163), f. Gr. proper name λύκος, L. Lycus: see -id3.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a beetle of the family Lycidæ.
B. n. A beetle of this family.
1932J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth vii. 237 See..Mjöberg's discussion (1925) on the larviform females of certain Lycid beetles. 1934Webster, Lycid n. and adj. 1962New Scientist 6 Dec. 577/1 The cerambycid beetle Elytroleptus ignitus is a mimic of the lycid beetles Lycus loripes and L. simulans... They are typical cases of Batesian mimicry, the cerambycids being palatable to predators but gaining protection by looking like the distasteful lycids. 1972L. E. Chadwick tr. Linsenmaier's Insects of World 165/1 There are a great many mimetic forms that resemble protected beetles (such as the already-mentioned lycids). |