Definition of "nitidula" [nitidula]

• In entomology, the typical genus of the family Nitidulidæ, established by Fabricius in 1775. The species are wide-spread, but not numerous, and are found chiefly on carrion. (noun)
• In ornithology, a genus of Indian flycatchers, containing N. hodgsoni. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The team examined fossilized tooth enamel of leopards, lions, and spotted hyenas, in addition to three extinct species: Megantereon; Dino felis, a false saber-toothed cat; and Chasmoporithetes nitidula, an extinct hunting hyena."
• "_Anthaxia nitidula_, passes his larval existence between the wood and the bark."
• "Excipula cpidcrmidis.glandicola. liliorum.majuscula. nitidula.rumicicola. ulmicola. viticola."