ROVE BEETLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("rove beetle" is a kind of...):

beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)

Holonyms ("rove beetle" is a member of...):

family Staphylinidae; Staphylinidae (rove beetles)

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