anthicine /ˈæn.θɪ.sin/adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Relating to beetles of the subfamily Anthicinae.Werner (1983b) treated the anthicine fauna (as Anthicidae in the old sense) of the larger islands of the Greater Antilles, but neglected the local island distributions within the Virgin Islands. — 1996 noun1 •Any ant-like flower beetle in the subfamily Anthicinae, of the family Anthicidae. formsanthicines · more anthicine · most anthicine