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Definition of Rove beetle
1. Noun. Active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits.
Definition of Rove beetle
1. Noun. Any of various carnivorous or scavenging beetles of the family ''Staphylinidae'' that are often found in decaying matter and have slender bodies and short wing covers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rove Beetle
Literary usage of Rove beetle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Butterflies and Bees: The Insect Folk : Volume II by Margaret Warner Morley (1905)
"THE rove beetle ~= Now this is a rove beetle. It is also anxious to have a share
... But let me tell you, the rove beetle can fly in spite of appearances. ..."
2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"... or rove-beetle family, is a large and widely distributed group, its members
being characterized by the possession of short, leathery wing-covers, ..."
3. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
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