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Definition of Meloid
1. Noun. Beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin.
Generic synonyms: Beetle
Group relationships: Family Meloidae, Meloidae
Specialized synonyms: Oil Beetle, Spanish Fly
Definition of Meloid
1. a type of beetle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meloid
Literary usage of Meloid
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 (1878)
"I have, however, found on four different occasions in the Fall, within the sealed
cells of the bee mentioned, a very interesting and anomalous meloid ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... for the reproduction of the music. meloid (mê'loid), a. and». I. o. ...
meloid« (me-lo'i-de), ». pi. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1904)
"—Mr. Schwarz then exhibited male and female specimens of a remarkable meloid
beetle {Leonina, neomexicana Cockerell), which were found at Denver, Colorado, ..."
4. Report of the Illinois State Entomologist Concerning Operations Under the by Illinois State Entomologist (1885)
"... egg pods being found, four of which had been destroyed ; and one meloid ...
egg masses (one of which was destroyed) two red mites, and one meloid larva. ..."
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