Ent. [f. mod.L. pl. cārabidæ, f. L. cārabus a kind of crab, used in Zool. for a genus of beetles.] One of the Carabidæ, a family of large carnivorous beetles.

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1835.  Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., II. xx. 359. Evidently belonging to the Carabidans.

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1880.  D’Albertis, New Guinea, I. 369. I obtained a large number of insects, especially carabids.

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