Home › Words › C › cantharoidcantharoidcantharoid means any member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.EtymologyClipping of taxonomic name Cantharoidea.nounAny member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cantharid 80% match — Any beetle in the family Cantharidae. vs cantharoid →cantharidian 68% match — Composed of cantharides. vs cantharoid →elateroid 68% match — Any beetle of the superfamily Elateroidea vs cantharoid →cantharidal 66% match — Of, made of, or pertaining to cantharides. vs cantharoid →cantharophilous 65% match — Synonym of cantharophilic. vs cantharoid →cantharide 64% match — A substance obtained from soldier beetles (Cantharidae), formerly used as an aphrodisiac. vs cantharoid →cantharophilic 64% match — Of or relating to cantharophily. vs cantharoid →cantharidic 64% match — Related to, composed of, or derived from cantharides. vs cantharoid →