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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..

Elater :: Elater (n.) Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle..

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

Fidia :: Fidia (n.) A genus of small beetles, of which one species (the grapevine Fidia, F. longipes) is very injurious to vines in America..

Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera..

Sparkler :: Sparkler (n.) A tiger 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..

Wolf :: Wolf (a.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf..

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

Chafer :: Chafer (n.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer..

Bark Beetle :: Bark beetle () A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage..

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

Beetle-headed :: Beetle-headed (a.) Dull; stupid.

Mall :: Mall (n.) A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.

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

Pruner :: Pruner (n.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa..

Pseudotetramera :: Pseudotetramera (n. pl.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints..

Colorado Beetle :: Colorado beetle () A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle..

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

Beetle Brow :: Beetle brow () An overhanging brow.

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