genus calosoma

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   genus of large predaceous ground beetles that feed on injurious caterpillars

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofCarabidae

Questions about genus calosoma

What does genus calosoma mean?

genus calosoma means "genus of large predaceous ground beetles that feed on injurious caterpillars".

Is genus calosoma a common word?

genus calosoma is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.