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cicindelid, a. and n.|sɪˈsɪndəlɪd|
[f. mod.L. Cicindela or Cicindelidæ, f. L. cicindela a glow-worm, reduplication of candela candle.]
Pertaining to, a member of, the genus Cicindela or family Cicindelidæ (tiger-beetles). Also cicindeˈlideous, ciˈcindelous adjs.
1839Westwood Introd. Mod. Classif. Ins. I. 74 The numerical majority of the Carabideous over the Cicindelideous insects. 1872Packard Study Ins. (ed. 3) 567 The Cicindelous genus Tricondyla. 1899D. Sharp Insects ii. 202 Péringuey found a breeding-ground of M[anticora] tuberculata near Kimberley; the larvae were living in the usual Cicindelid manner. 1914Stebbing Indian Forest Insects 94 C[icindela] sexpunctata is a common little cicindelid found in the rice fields. 1957Richards & Davies Imms's Textbk. Entomol. iii. 770 The larva of Neocollyris..is of the typical Cicindelid form. |