English > order Coleoptera: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | beetles. |
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| Synonym | Coleoptera |
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| Member of | Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda | insects |
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| Members | Anobiidae, family Anobiidae | deathwatch beetles |
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| Bruchidae, family Bruchidae | seed beetles |
| Carabidae, family Carabidae | ground beetles |
| Cerambycidae, family Cerambycidae | long-horned beetles |
| Chrysomelidae, family Chrysomelidae | leaf beetles |
| Cicindelidae, family Cicindelidae | tiger beetles |
| Cleridae, family Cleridae | beetles that prey on other insects |
| Coccinellidae, family Coccinellidae | The ladybugs |
| Curculionidae, family Curculionidae | true weevils |
| Dermestidae, family Dermestidae | carpet beetles |
| Dytiscidae, family Dytiscidae | water beetles |
| Elateridae, family Elateridae | click beetles and certain fireflies |
| Gyrinidae, family Gyrinidae | whirligig beetles |
| Lamellicornia, superfamily Lamellicornia | scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles |
| Lampyridae, family Lampyridae | fireflies |
| Meloidae, family Meloidae | blister beetles |
| Scolytidae, family Scolytidae, Ipidae, family Ipidae | large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles |
| Staphylinidae, family Staphylinidae | rove beetles |
| Tenebrionidae, family Tenebrionidae | A family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms |
| beetle | insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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| Spanish | Coleoptera, coleópteros, oden Coleoptera |
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| Catalan | Coleoptera, Coleòpter, coleòpters |
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