Definition of Carabid

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carabus or family Carabidæ.

Definition of Carabid

1. Noun. Any of very many shiny black beetles of the family ''Carabidae'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carabid

1. a predatory beetle [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carabid

car radio
car rental
car seat
car seats
car sickness
car tire
car traffic
car train
car transporter
car wash
car washes
car wheel
car window
carabao
carabaos
carabid (current term)
carabid beetle
carabids
carabin
carabine
carabined
carabineer
carabineers
carabiner
carabinero
carabineros
carabiners
carabines
carabinier
carabiniere

Literary usage of Carabid

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

1. Organic Agriculture: Sustainability, Markets and Policies by Oecd, OECD Staff, Darryl Jones, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (2003)
"European studies included two in Austria by Kromp (1989; 1990) which compared carabid beetle populations in organic and conventional winter wheat, ..."

2. Report of the Illinois State Entomologist Concerning Operations Under the by Illinois State Entomologist (1885)
"In this field carabid larv.« and red mites were abundant and the ... and several carabid larv¡e. Twenty-seven of the pods were found in a pasture belonging ..."

3. IPM and Biological Control of Plant Pests: Field Crops: Bibliography January by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... of insecticides to black cutworm larvae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and carabid beetles ... and contributed to a reduction in endemic carabid populations. ..."

4. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"July 16, 1884, in digging into a hill of corn infested by the root-aphis and this ant, I unearthed a carabid larva. This was suddenly attacked by one of the ..."

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