order coleoptera
Noun
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Beetles (synset 102166634)
is a type of: animal order - the order of animalsmember holonym:
- 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
belongs to: class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal speciessame as: coleoptera
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