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单词 pelobiid
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pelobiidadj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Pelobiides, Pelobiidae.
Etymology: < scientific Latin †Pelobiides, former family name (1866 or earlier: compare quot. 1866 at sense A.; later Pelobiidae) < Pelobius , former genus name (W. F. Erichson Genera Dytisceorum (1832) 45 (compare earlier Paelobius , C. J. Schönherr Synonymica Insectorum (1808) 27); < pelo- pelo- comb. form + ancient Greek βιοῦν to live < βίος : see bio- comb. form) + -ides (see -id suffix3).
Entomology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A. adj.
Of or relating to the former family Pelobiidae (now Hygrobiidae) of aquatic beetles.
ΚΠ
1866 E. C. Rye Brit. Beetles x. 62 The Pelobiides, represented by one species, Pelobius Hermanni.., have the antennæ 11-jointed.]
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. (at cited word) Pelobiid a. & n.
B. n.
A beetle of this family.
ΚΠ
1895 [see sense A.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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