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Bruchidae

noun

seed beetles

• Syn: ↑family Bruchidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Coleoptera, ↑order Coleoptera

• Member Meronyms:

↑seed beetle, ↑seed weevil, ↑Bruchus, ↑genus Bruchus, ↑Acanthoscelides, ↑genus Acanthoscelides, ↑Sitophylus, ↑genus Sitophylus

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\\ˈbrükəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Bruchus, type genus + -idae

: a family (type genus Bruchus) of small beetles most of whose larvae infest the seeds of peas and other legumes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.