rove beetle

English

Wikispecies

Noun

rove beetle (plural rove beetles)

1. Any of various carnivorous or scavenging beetles of the family Staphylinidae that are often found in decaying matter and have slender bodies and short wing covers.

Hyponyms

• crab-like rove beetle

Translations

beetle of Staphylinidae

• Belarusian: стафілін m (stafilin)
• Finnish: lyhytsiipinen
• Hungarian: holyva (hu)
• Navajo: dííłdzid yiyání
• Ukrainian: стафілін m (stafilin), жук-хижак m (žuk-xyžak)