NOUN | animal | carabid beetle, ground beetle | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial / terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects |
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Meaning | predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial / terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects. | |
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Synonym | ground beetle | |
Member of | Carabidae, family Carabidae | ground beetles |
Narrower | bombardier beetle | beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed |
calosoma | Any beetle of the genus Calosoma | |
Broader | beetle | insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings |
Spanish | carábido, cárabo | |
Catalan | caràbid |
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