chrysomelid

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chrysomelid

/ˌkɹaɪ.soʊˈmɛ.lɪd/ US
/ˌkɹaɪ.səˈmɛ.lɪd/ US

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Borrowed from translingual Chrysomelidae, from the type genus of Chrysomela, from the root word of Ancient Greek χρῡσόμηλον (khrūsómēlon).

noun chrysomelids

Any leaf beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. There was a paucity of chrysomelids at Greek sites and a distinctively northern faunal composition at sites north of Poland.

adjective more chrysomelid · most chrysomelid

Belonging or relating to the family Chrysomelidae. In all, 34 willow-associated chrysomelid species were encountered, of which eight were very abundant.

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Русский	хризомели́да xrizomelída

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@misc{chrysomelid_2026,
  title = {chrysomelid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chrysomelid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}