cicindelidadj.n.
/sɪˈsɪndəlɪd/ A. adj.
Of or relating to the genus Cicindela or family Cicindelidæ (tiger-beetles).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > of or relating to Geadephaga > of or relating to family Carabidae > relating to family Cicindelidae
cicindelideous1839
cicindelid1899
1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 202 Péringuey found a breeding-ground of M[anticora] tuberculata near Kimberley; the larvae were living in the usual Cicindelid manner.
1957 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 9) iii. 770 The larva of Neocollyris..is of the typical Cicindelid form.
B. n.
A member of the genus Cicindela.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Adephaga (carnivorous beetles) > Geadephaga (terrestrial) > family Carabidae > member of subfamily Cicindelidae
tiger-beetle1826
scale-beetle1855
sparkler1860
doodlebugc1866
cicindelid1914
1914 Stebbing Indian Forest Insects 94 C[icindela] sexpunctata is a common little cicindelid found in the rice fields.
Derivatives
cicindeˈlideous adj. (also ciˈcindelous)
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > of or relating to Geadephaga > of or relating to family Carabidae > relating to family Cicindelidae
cicindelideous1839
cicindelid1899
1839 J. O. Westwood Introd. Mod. Classif. Insects I. 74 The numerical majority of the Carabideous over the Cicindelideous insects.
1872 A. S. Packard Embryol. Stud. Hexapodous Insects (ed. 3) 567 The Cicindelous genus Tricondyla.
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adj.n.1839