Plural of clerid; multiple insects of the family Cleridae or checkered beetles.
Plural of clerid using standard English -s pluralization. This scientific term appears in entomological literature and natural history texts.
In forensic entomology and museum conservation, clerids are actually important—they're used deliberately to clean animal skeletons because they eat soft tissue without damaging bones, making these pretty beetles useful professionals in science.
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