malacoderm
/ˈmaləkə(ʊ)dəːm/Zoology. Now rare
adjective
Having a soft integument; belonging to a group characterized by such an integument; specifically (of a beetle) of the former group Malacodermata (or Malacodermi), comprising soft-bodied species such as soldier beetles and fireflies (now in the superfamilies Cantharoidea, Cleroidea, and Lymexyloidea).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in William Kirby (1759–1850), entomologist and naturalist. From (i) French malacoderme.
- post-conquest
- post-consonantal
- post-consonantic
- post-consumer
- post-contact
- post-convulsive
- post-coordinate
- post co-ordinate
- post-co-ordinate
- postcoordinate
- post-cosmic
- postcoxal
- postcranial
- postcranially
- postcranium
- post-creole continuum
- post-cricoid
- post-critical
- post crown
- postcruciate
- post-Cubist
- postcubital
- postcure
- postcyclic
- post-dam