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Meet the Beetles!

A list of 102 words by ruzuzu.

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"n. Any insect belonging to the order Coleoptera (which see). Sometimes, however, the term is used in a more restricted sense, as equivalent in the plural to Scarabœidœ, a tribe of this order embracing more than 3,000 species, characterized by clavated antennæ), fissile longitudinally, legs frequently dentated, and wings which have hard cases or sheaths called elytra. Beetles vary in size from that of a pin's head to nearly that of a man's fist, the largest being the elephant-beetle of South America, 4 inches long. The “black beetles” of kitchens and cellars are cockroaches, and belong to the order Orthoptera."

--Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

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  • fbharjo commented on the list meet-the-beetles

    coleopterrific

    July 19, 2012

  • ruzuzu commented on the list meet-the-beetles

    That was colorful--thanks, fbharjo!

    July 20, 2012

  • fbharjo commented on the list meet-the-beetles

    perhaps beetles are misnamed. They should be named beecolor.

    July 20, 2012

  • kalayzich commented on the list meet-the-beetles

    about one in three insects is a beetle

    166 families in coleoptera

    370,000 known species

    weevils are the biggest family

    y

    you

    August 22, 2012

  • ruzuzu commented on the list meet-the-beetles

    I like your beetles list, kalayzich.

    August 22, 2012