See Also: hispid(medicine)
hispid(1)(dictionary)
hispid(2)(dictionary)
hispid flagella(medicine)

hispid(2) (iou)



hispid adjective2 & noun. E20.
[from mod. Latin Hispidae (former family name), from Hispa (genus name), formed as HISPID adjective1: see -ID3.]
Entomology.
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating the subfamily Hispinae of leaf-beetles. E20.
b. noun. A leaf-beetle of this subfamily. E20.