order coleoptera
English Thesaurus
1. beetles (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | beetle, |
| definition | : | insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cicindelidae, family cicindelidae, |
| definition | : | tiger beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | coccinellidae, family coccinellidae, |
| definition | : | the ladybugs (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | carabidae, family carabidae, |
| definition | : | ground beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family lampyridae, lampyridae, |
| definition | : | fireflies (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cerambycidae, family cerambycidae, |
| definition | : | long-horned beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | chrysomelidae, family chrysomelidae, |
| definition | : | leaf beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | dermestidae, family dermestidae, |
| definition | : | carpet beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cleridae, family cleridae, |
| definition | : | beetles that prey on other insects (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | lamellicornia, superfamily lamellicornia, |
| definition | : | scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | elateridae, family elateridae, |
| definition | : | click beetles and certain fireflies (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | dytiscidae, family dytiscidae, |
| definition | : | water beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family gyrinidae, gyrinidae, |
| definition | : | whirligig beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | anobiidae, family anobiidae, |
| definition | : | deathwatch beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | curculionidae, family curculionidae, |
| definition | : | true weevils: snout beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family meloidae, meloidae, |
| definition | : | blister beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family ipidae, family scolytidae, ipidae, scolytidae, |
| definition | : | large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family staphylinidae, staphylinidae, |
| definition | : | rove beetles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family tenebrionidae, tenebrionidae, |
| definition | : | a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | bruchidae, family bruchidae, |
| definition | : | seed beetles (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta, |
| definition | : | insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species (noun.animal) |
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