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Commander :: Commander (n.) A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc..

Sharded :: Sharded (a.) Having elytra, as a beetle..

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A snap beetle.

Carabid :: Carabid (n.) One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles..

Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) A stupid fellow; a blockhead.

Whirligig :: Whirligig (n.) Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle..

Remiped :: Remiped (n.) One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.

Coleoptera :: Coleoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent.

Beetled :: Beetled (imp. & p. p.) of Beetl.

Shard :: Shard (n.) The hard wing case of a beetle.

Triungulus :: Triungulus (n.) The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oil beetle, under Oil..

Clock :: Clock (n.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabaeus stercorarius)..

Elytroid :: Elytroid (a.) Resembling a beetle's wing case.

Taxicorn :: Taxicorn (n.) One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennae are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.

Dor :: Dor (n.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock..

Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle..

Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death..

Longhorn :: Longhorn (n.) A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long-horned..

Complicant :: Complicant (a.) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles..

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