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carabid

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car·a·bid  (kr-bd, k-rbd)
n.
Any of a large family (Carabidae) of chiefly black beetles that often inhabit the spaces under stones, logs, or piles of debris and feed on other insects. Also called ground beetle.
[From New Latin Crabidae, family name, from Latin crabus, crustacean, from Greek krabos, horned beetle, crayfish.]
cara·bid adj.
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