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Complicant :: Complicant (a.) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles..

Grub :: Grub (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith..

Ambulator :: Ambulator (n.) A beetle of the genus Lamia.

Goliath Beetle :: Goliath beetle () Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles..

Figeater :: Figeater (n.) A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.

Snapper :: Snapper (n.) A snap beetle.

Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine..

Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.

Xylophagan :: Xylophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood.

Scarabee :: Scarabee (n.) A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf]..

Cucujo :: Cucujo (n.) The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies.

Fidia :: Fidia (n.) A genus of small beetles, of which one species (the grapevine Fidia, F. longipes) is very injurious to vines in America..

Dorr :: Dorr (n.) The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor..

Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death..

Shard :: Shard (n.) The hard wing case of a beetle.

Anthrenus :: Anthrenus (n.) A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common museum pest is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths..

Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods..

Staphyloma :: Staphylinid (n.) Any rove beetle.

Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles..

Cockchafer :: Cockchafer (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle..

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