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Definition of: carabid
(kar′ə·bid) noun
Any of an extensive family (Carabidae) of predatory ground beetles, variously colored and usually nocturnal, including the cater-pillar hunters. [<NL <L carabus small crab <Gk. karabos crayfish]
(5 to 1/2 feet high at the shoulder)
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