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Definition of rove beetle in English: rove beetlenoun A long-bodied beetle with very short wing cases, typically found among decaying matter where it may scavenge or prey on other scavengers. Family Staphylinidae: numerous genera Example sentencesExamples - This dung or carrion mimicry attracts flesh flies, rove beetles, and even mosquitoes, all of which have been observed with pollen on them.
- Other insects observed in the nests were a few small, undetermined dipteran larvae in one nest, and small detritivorous rove beetles in 10 nests.
- He offers no evidence except to show that a certain type of rove beetle can produce complex behaviour.
- The medical education director said the bugs - more than an eighth of an inch long - belong to the Staphylinidae rove beetle family of insects.
Definition of rove beetle in US English: rove beetlenoun A long-bodied beetle with very short wing cases, typically found among decaying matter where it may scavenge or prey on other scavengers. Family Staphylinidae: numerous genera Example sentencesExamples - This dung or carrion mimicry attracts flesh flies, rove beetles, and even mosquitoes, all of which have been observed with pollen on them.
- Other insects observed in the nests were a few small, undetermined dipteran larvae in one nest, and small detritivorous rove beetles in 10 nests.
- The medical education director said the bugs - more than an eighth of an inch long - belong to the Staphylinidae rove beetle family of insects.
- He offers no evidence except to show that a certain type of rove beetle can produce complex behaviour.
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