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Scaraboid :: Scaraboid (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles..

Snout :: Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.

Geodephagous :: Geodephagous (a.) Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.

Dorbeetle :: Dorbeetle (n.) See 1st Dor.

Weevil :: Weevil (n.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as th

Beetle-browed :: Beetle-browed () Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen..

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

Dorhawk :: Dorhawk (n.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker.

Brachyptera :: Brachyptera (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.

Longicornia :: Longicornia (n. pl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust..

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

Bookworm :: Bookworm (n.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known..

Eumolpus :: Eumolpus (n.) A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe..

Subumbonal :: Subulipalp (n.) One of a group of carabid beetles having slender palpi.

Grub :: Grub (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith..

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

Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine..

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..

Staghound :: Stag-horned (a.) Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles..

Carabus :: Carabus (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects..

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