ironclad beetle
English
editEtymology
editironclad + beetle, from their especially hard exoskeletons.
Noun
editironclad beetle (plural ironclad beetles)
- Any beetle of the subfamily Zopherinae which have exceedingly durable exoskeletons.
- Hypernym: zopherid
References
edit- Zopherinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Zopherinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Zopherinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons