Definition of Ground beetle

1. Noun. Predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects.

Exact synonyms: Carabid Beetle
Generic synonyms: Beetle
Group relationships: Carabidae, Family Carabidae
Specialized synonyms: Bombardier Beetle, Calosoma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ground Beetle

ground-ivy
ground-service crew
ground-shaker
ground-stroke
ground-to-air
ground almond
ground attack
ground bait
ground ball
ground ball with eyes
ground bar
ground beef
ground beefs
ground beetle (current term)
ground bundles
ground cable
ground cedar
ground cherry
ground clearance
ground clearances
ground cloth
ground control
ground cover
ground crew
ground effect
ground effect machine
ground failure
ground fir

Literary usage of Ground beetle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Biology: A Book of Outlines and Practical Studies for the General by James George Needham (1910)
"... ture of ground beetle and diving beetle. Materials needed: A supply of specimens ... examination of the external structures, first of the ground beetle, ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"CORN ground beetle ... with rusty jaws and legs, very broad and convex, the wings large, the antennae short and Corn ground beetle: 1, larva, magnified; 2, ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"In carp., the sill for a frame. ground-beetle (ground'be'tl), ». A predatory beetle of the ... To the herbivorous group belongs the murky ground-beetle, ..."

4. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1886)
"A very useful species is the Rummaging ground-beetle ... Another species equally valuable and almost as attractive is the Fiery ground- beetle (Calosoma ..."

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