Adephaga

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀδηφάγος (adēphágos, “gluttonous, greedy”)

Proper noun

Adephaga

A taxonomic suborder within the order Coleoptera – the adephagan beetles.

Hypernyms

(suborder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Coleoptera - order

Hyponyms

(order): Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Carabidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Meruidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae, Trachypachidae, Colymbothetidae, Coptoclavidae, Liadytidae, Parahygrobiidae, Triaplidae (families)

References

Adephaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Adephaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Adephaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Adephaga at the Tree of Life Web Project

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