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ROVE BEETLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rove beetle mean?
• ROVE BEETLE (noun)
The noun ROVE BEETLE has 1 sense:
1. active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits
Familiarity information: ROVE BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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