meloid

[ mel-oid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

meloid

/ ˈmɛlɔɪd /

any long-legged beetle of the family Meloidae, which includes the blister beetles and oil beetles

Origin of meloid¹

1875–80; < New Latin Meloidae name of the family, equivalent to Melo ( ē ) type genus + -idae -id ²

Origin of meloid¹

C19: from New Latin Meloē name of genus

Carabidoid: applied to the second stage of a meloid larva, when it resembles that of a Carabid.

Scarabidoid: applied to that stage of a meloid larva in which it resembles a white grub or Scarabid larva.

I was therefore firmly convinced that the parasite of the Mantis-hunters could only be a Meloid.

And behold, the law of the Meloid has to be struck off the statutes, a fate common to many others, as this chapter will prove.

No one, as far as I am aware, had as yet suspected the true parasitism of a carnivorous Meloid.

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