| 释义 |
ˈrove-beetle
[? f. rove v.1]
A beetle of the family Staphylinidæ.
1781J. Barbut Insects 95 They are by some called Rove-Beetles. 1784Pennant Arct. Zool. Suppl. 155. 1817 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxiii. (1818) II. 322 The anterior tarsi of many of the larger rove-beetles. 1868Rep. U.S. Comm. Agric. (1869) 307 Many of the rove beetles, Staphylinidæ, are found in decaying animal and vegetable substances. 1883Good Words Dec. 762/2 Many of the Rove or Cock⁓tail Beetles found it out nearly as soon. |