ROVE BEETLE


Meaning of ROVE BEETLE in English

ˈrōv- noun

Etymology: perhaps from rove (III)

: any of numerous beetles constituting the family Staphylinidae, having a long body and very short wing covers beneath which the wings are folded transversely, often occurring on decaying animal and vegetable matter, and many of them being predatory and the larvae of some parasitic

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