Carabus

See also: carabus

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

Spelling borrowed directly from Latin cārabus (“crab”), the ascription to a genus of beetles is more likely from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “kind of beetle”).

Proper noun

Carabus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain ground beetles.
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