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Definition of Figeater
1. Noun. Large greenish June beetle of southern United States.
Definition of Figeater
1. n. A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.
Definition of Figeater
1. a large beetle [n -S]
Medical Definition of Figeater
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Figeater
Literary usage of Figeater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1907)
"upon all sorts of flowers and sometimes on young Indian corn, are all accepted
as food by the cardinal. The southern june beetle or figeater Fio. 13. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In Europe the Beccafico (figeater) shares with the Ortolan the highest honours
of the dish, and this may be a convenient place to point out that the former ..."
3. The Birds of the Latin Poets by Ernest Whitney Martin (1914)
"figeater. A name given indiscriminately to many small birds which in the autumn
frequent gardens. Cf. Newton, op. cit. sv FIG-EATER. ..."
4. The Compounding of English Words: When and why Joining Or Separation is by Francis Horace Teall (1891)
"In the new Webster these terms appear in three forms, as follows: apple borer
ant-eater figeater bell bearer armor-bearer cupbearer cave dweller ..."
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