chrysomelid

chrysomelid
/kris'euh mel"id, -mee"lid/, n.
1. any beetle of the family Chrysomelidae, comprising the leaf beetles.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the family Chrysomelidae.
[1920-25; < NL Chrysomelidae name of the family, equiv. to Chrysomel(a) a genus (fem. deriv. of Gk chrysómelon quince, equiv. to chryso- CHRYSO- + mêlon apple; see -A4) + -idae -ID2]

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