GROUND BEETLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ground beetle mean? 

• GROUND BEETLE (noun)
  The noun GROUND BEETLE has 1 sense:

1. predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects

  Familiarity information: GROUND BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROUND BEETLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

carabid beetle; ground beetle

Hypernyms ("ground beetle" is a kind of...):

beetle (insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ground beetle"):

bombardier beetle (beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed)

calosoma (any beetle of the genus Calosoma)

Holonyms ("ground beetle" is a member of...):

Carabidae; family Carabidae (ground beetles)