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Sheath-winged :: Sheath-winged (a.) Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle..

Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) To beat with a heavy mallet.

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

Unicorn :: Unicorn (n.) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.

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..

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.

Anthrenus :: Anthrenus (n.) A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common museum pest is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths..

Serricorn :: Serricorn (n.) Any one of a numerous tribe of beetles (Serricornia). The joints of the antennae are prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Antenna..

Melolonthidian :: Melolonthidian (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha, and allied genera. See May beetle, under May..

Anthobian :: Anthobian (n.) A beetle which feeds on flowers.

Aphidophagous :: Aphidophagous (a.) Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidae..

Xylophilan :: Xylophilan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles (Xylophili) whose larvae live on decayed wood.

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

Clavicornes :: Clavicornes (n. pl.) A group of beetles having club-shaped antennae.

Bullhead :: Bullhead (n.) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.

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

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..

Firefly :: Firefly (n.) Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae..

Snapper :: Snapper (n.) A snap beetle.

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