rove beetle
Noun 1. active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits (hypernym) beetle (member-holonym) Staphylinidae, family Staphylinidae | ||||
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Rove beetle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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rove beetle
rove beetle
n : active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits
rove beetle
(zo?l.), any one of numerous species of beetles of the family staphylinid?, having short elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely...
see rove
rove beetle
n : active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits
rove beetle
(zo?l.), any one of numerous species of beetles of the family staphylinid?, having short elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely...
see rove
Rove beetle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Rove beetle
The rove beetles are a large family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra that leave more than half of their abdomens exposed. With over 46,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is the second largest family of beetles after the Curculionidae (the true weevils). It is an ancient group, with fossil rove beetles known from the Triassic, 200 million years ago.
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