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Meaning of Adephaga in English:

Adephaga

Pronunciation /əˈdɛfəɡə/

noun

Entomology

  • With plural agreement. A suborder of the Coleoptera comprising chiefly predatory beetles, including the large ground beetle family (Carabidae) and several aquatic families; beetles of this suborder (collectively or individually).

    By some 19th-cent. authors used only for the terrestrial members of this suborder.

Origin

Early 19th century. From scientific Latin Adephaga (1816 or earlier; earlier in form Adephagi (J. P. de ClairvilleEntomologie helvétique II. 3; compare post-classical Latin adephagus) from ancient Greek ἀδηϕάγος voracious + scientific Latin -a.