Meloid vs Medoid - What's the difference?
meloid | medoid |
(zoology) Any beetle of the taxonomic family ; a blister beetle.
* 1981 , Murry Blum, Chemical Defenses of Arthropods ,
* 2002 , Frank N. Young, Jr., Gene Kritsky, A Survey of Entomology ,
* 2005 , Thomas Eisner, Maria Eisner, Melody V. S. Siegler, Secrets Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Others Many-Legged Creatures ,
* 2009 , "Coleoptera", entry in Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé (editors), Encyclopedia of Insects ,
(mathematics) A mathematically representative object in a set of objects; it has the smallest average dissimilarity to all other objects in the set
As nouns the difference between meloid and medoid
is that meloid is (zoology) any beetle of the taxonomic family ; a blister beetle while medoid is (mathematics) a mathematically representative object in a set of objects; it has the smallest average dissimilarity to all other objects in the set.meloid
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(en noun)page 20,
- Cantharidin is sometimes referred to as Spanish fly because of its derivation from adults of the large meloid Lytta vesicatoria that is commonly found in Spain; it is a potent vesicant with a putative function as an aphrodisiac.
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- Meloids are herbivorous as adults, and their larvae are parasites of bees or eat grasshopper eggs.
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- Cantharidin is also a potent blistering agent.Individual meloids may contain as much as 17 milligrams of cantharidin, or 10% of live weight.
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- Although meloids' are known to produce cantharidin, transfer of this compound during ' meloid mating has not been documented.
