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Noun Concept
Categories: Beetles, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Insects in culture, Extant Pennsylvanian first appearances, Articles with short description
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beetle  beetles  Anatomy of beetles  Beetel  Beetle as food
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Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings WordNet 3.0
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Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota. Wikipedia
Insect belonging to the order Coleoptera. Wikipedia Disambiguation
An order of insects of the superorder Endopterygota, having biting mouthparts and forewings modified to form shell-like protective elytra. OmegaWiki
Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having biting mouthparts and forewings modified to form shell-like protective elytra. OmegaWiki
Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest. Wiktionary