Definition of Chrysomelids

1. Noun. (plural of chrysomelid) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chrysomelids

1. chrysomelid [n] - See also: chrysomelid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysomelids

chrysochlore
chrysochlores
chrysocolla
chrysocollas
chrysocyanosis
chrysoderma
chrysogen
chrysography
chrysoidin
chrysoine resorcinol
chrysolaminarin
chrysolite
chrysolites
chrysology
chrysomelid
chrysomelids (current term)
chrysophane
chrysophanic
chrysophanol
chrysophanols
chrysophilia
chrysophyte
chrysophytes
chrysopid
chrysopoeia
chrysoprase
chrysoprases
chrysoprasus
chrysosporium

Literary usage of Chrysomelids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"... in its later stages also agrees with that of Donacia, (both being chrysomelids.) A stud}- of the development of ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"The black-legged tortoise-beetle (Cassida nigripes) represents a genus of bright golden-colored chrysomelids of a peculiar shape, which are most often found ..."

3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"Nevertheless the development of several chrysomelids has been studied more or less incompletely. Packard (35) made a brief study of ..."

4. A Manual on the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"... and the leaf-feeding habits will serve to distinguish the chrysomelids. The Leaf beetles are nearly all comparatively small, the Colorado Potato-beetle ..."

5. Evolution and Animal Life: An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"... the brilliant green blister beetles, the striped and spotted chrysomelids — in all these and many others there can be no talk of protective resemblance. ..."

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