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ground beetle
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Ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. It is one of the top-10 largest animal families, as of 2015.
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ground beetle
Noun
1. predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects
(synonym) carabid beetle
(hypernym) beetle
(hyponym) bombardier beetle
(member-holonym) Carabidae, family Carabidae
