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| Noun | 1. |  Coleoptera - beetles animal order - the order of animals class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species beetle - insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings Cicindelidae, family Cicindelidae - tiger beetles Coccinellidae, family Coccinellidae - the ladybugs Carabidae, family Carabidae - ground beetles family Lampyridae, Lampyridae - fireflies Cerambycidae, family Cerambycidae - long-horned beetles Chrysomelidae, family Chrysomelidae - leaf beetles Dermestidae, family Dermestidae - carpet beetles Cleridae, family Cleridae - beetles that prey on other insects Lamellicornia, superfamily Lamellicornia - scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles Elateridae, family Elateridae - click beetles and certain fireflies Dytiscidae, family Dytiscidae - water beetles family Gyrinidae, Gyrinidae - whirligig beetles Anobiidae, family Anobiidae - deathwatch beetles Curculionidae, family Curculionidae - true weevils: snout beetles family Meloidae, Meloidae - blister beetles family Ipidae, family Scolytidae, Ipidae, Scolytidae - large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees family Staphylinidae, Staphylinidae - rove beetles family Tenebrionidae, Tenebrionidae - a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms Bruchidae, family Bruchidae - seed beetles |
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