ROVE BEETLE


Meaning of ROVE BEETLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: perhaps from rove (I)

Date: circa 1771

: any of a family (Staphylinidae) of often predatory active beetles having a long body and very short wing covers beneath which the wings are folded transversely — called also staphylinid

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