staphylinidn.adj.
/stafɪˈlɪnɪd/ Entomology.
A. n.
An insect belonging to the Staphylinidæ or rove-beetles, a coleopterous order of which the typical genus is Staphylinus.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Staphylinoidea > family Staphylinidae > member of (rove-beetle)
rove beetle1771
redneck1872
staphylinid1965
1891 Cent. Dict. Staphylinid.
1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. xiii. 208 The staphylinids found in caves belong to three ecological categories.
B. adj.
Belonging to the Staphylinidæ.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > pert to the Staphylinodea or Brachelytra > belonging to family Staphylinidae
staphylinideous1848
staphylinid1925
1925 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. iii. 481 Staphylinid larvæ are typically campodeiform.
1978 Nature 16 Mar. 209/1 Among the many other examples are various species of staphylinid beetles that march with army ants.
Derivatives
staphyliˈnideous adj.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > pert to the Staphylinodea or Brachelytra > belonging to family Staphylinidae
staphylinideous1848
staphylinid1925
1848 Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 6. 336 A Staphylinideous insect.
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n.adj.1848