Crossword-Solution: CARABID
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Carabid | a. | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidae. |
| Carabid | n. | One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CARABID | anagram | BACARDI |
We have 2 clues for the answer “CARABID”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ground beetle | 5 answers |
| BEETLE, type of | 31 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ARONCE
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with CARABID (5)
The carnivorous beetles, or Carabidæ, appear in extremely few numbers within the tropics: this is the more remarkable when compared to the case of the carnivorous quadrupeds, which are so abundant in hot countries.
Other instances are known of this beetle having been caught far out at sea; and this is the more remarkable, as the greater number of the Carabidæ seldom or never take wing.
Insects were scarce, and quite different from what I had seen before; chiefly consisting of _Phryganea_ (Mayfly) and some _Carabidæ_ (an order that is very scarce in the Himalaya); with various moths, chiefly _Geometræ._ The last days of June (as is often the case) were marked by violent storms, and for two days my tent proved no protection; similar weather prevailed all over India, the barometer falling very low.
Heretofore, observers have held to the opinion that beetles made their homes wherever they happened to be; but close study of marked individuals, especially of _Carabidæ_ and _Cicindelidæ_ has taught me otherwise.
The great family of ground beetles (Carabidæ) almost all possess a disagreeable and some a very pungent smell, and a few, called bombardier beetles, have the peculiar faculty of emitting a jet of very volatile liquid, which appears like a puff of smoke, and is accompanied by a distinct crepitating explosion.