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▪ I. ˈcarabid, caˈrabidan, n. Ent. [f. mod.L. pl. cārabidæ, f. L. cārabus a kind of crab, used in Zool. for a genus of beetles.] One of the Carabidæ, a family of large carnivorous beetles.
1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xx. 359 Evidently belonging to the Carabidans. 1880D'Albertis New Guinea I. 369, A large number of insects, especially carabids. ▪ II. carabid, a.|ˈkærəbɪd| [f. the n.] Of or pertaining to the Carabidæ.
1901Trans. Entomol. Soc. 193 (title) The Carabid genus Pheropsophus. 1966C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush iv. 52 Our search disclosed a number of tenebrionid and carabid beetles, the former feeding on the dung, the latter carnivorous. |