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hister|ˈhɪstə(r)|
[mod.L. (C. Linnæus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 358), f. L. hister = histrio actor.]
A beetle of the genus so named of the family Histeridæ of clavicorn coleoptera. Also ˈhisterid a., belonging to this family; n., a beetle of this family.
1794P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte III. 165 Hister. (Entoml. [sic])... Engl. The hister. 1839J. O. Westwood Introd. Class. Insects I. 182 Cadet de Vaux, in his History of the Mole, observes that, almost as soon as it is dead, it is attacked by a number of Histers. 1874J. G. Wood Insects Abr. 89 The Giant Hister. 1915W. A. Bryan Nat. Hist. Hawaii 417 The histerid beetles. 1925A. D. Imms Text-Bk. Entomol. 483 Hister and its allies frequent dung and carrion. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. xiii. 212 Patrizi..has described another hypogeous histerid. 1966C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush iv. 52 Two adult histerid beetles, black, shiny and oval, occurred. |