English Explanatory Dictionary

rove beetle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

rove beetle rove beetles

Etymology

From rove (“to roam; a roam”) + beetle, in reference to the family's scavenging tendencies.

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